PR-094-2018
19 Dec 2018
Philippine Embassy in Oman conducts 4th Quarter Consular Outreach to
Filipino Community in Salalah
Front row (L-R): Mr. Emel B. Sabularse (incoming Filcom Salalah Vice President 1); Mr. Melchor Adelpaic D. Reataza (Filcom Salalah Chairman); First Secretary and Consul Bernadette A. Mendoza (Consular Outreach to Salalah Team Leader); Labor Attaché Ponciano M. Ligutom; Ms. Cynthia P. Panga (incoming Filcom Salalah President); Mr. Oscar V. Ferrer, Jr. (incoming Filcom Salalah Vice President 2);
Back row (L-R): Consular Assistant Orvilieto A. Gervacio; Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) Officer Ariel F. Gatchalian; Finance Officer Rohanifah B. Marabong-Sacar; Ms. Levie Edeza (Filcom Salalah Acting Treasurer); Ms. Ninia Marites Didulo (incoming Filcom Salalah Secretary 2); Assistant Administrative Officer and Acting Cultural and Tourism Officer Lizbeth D. Pangan; Consular Assistant Myla B. Capuno; Mr. Manuel Uchi Litong, Jr. (Filcom Salalah Acting Auditor); POLO Administrative Assistant Shirlene F. Noche; OWWA Administrative Assistant Mary Antonette T. Avila; and POLO Administrative Assistant Cherrylene G. Girado.
The Philippine Embassy in Oman conducted another Consular Outreach to the Filipino Community in Salalah on 14 December 2018.
The Consular Outreach team processed 93 passport applications, one (1) visa application, and 32 other consular services which include authentication, notarization, certification of documents, registration of birth, and NBI Clearance applications. The Embassy’s ATN Officer was also available in case of walk-in Overseas Filipinos in distress. The participating members of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)-Muscat also processed 32 Overseas Filipino Welfare Administrative (OWWA) membership renewals and an Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) application, verified 10 employment contracts, and attended to a labor welfare case.
The Consular Outreach team members provide services such as processing applications for passports, notarials, certifications, authentication and visa, releasing new passports, renewal of OWWA membership, contract verification, Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) issuance and labor welfare assistance.
During the Outreach, the Consular Outreach team also met the new incoming officers of Filcom Salalah, the major Filipino association in Salalah affiliated to the Filipino Social Club (FILCOSOC), the only host government-recognized Filipino association in Oman.
Salalah is the second largest city in Oman, with an estimated population of 375,000. The Philippine Embassy, located 1,000 km away in Muscat, endeavors to organize a Consular Outreach every quarter to service the needs of the estimated 10,000 Filipinos residing in Salalah. END
