The Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam, concluded its three-day mobile consular services on Saipan yesterday at the Daidai Social Hall at the Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Susupe.<\/p>\n
A similar outreach was held on Tinian the week before on May 9 to 10 at Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino.<\/p>\n
Consul Mark F. Hamoy said the three-day event is a regular outreach that provides consular services for passports, civil registry, and notary services.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey go through a two-stage process where they enlist in advance because it is limited and we capture their data and biometrics,\u201d Hamoy said.<\/p>\n
Hamoy said they work on 120 passport applications per day, for a total of 480 for the entire four-day outreach on both Tinian and Saipan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have walk-ins as well. We provide services and they take the chance because if the quota is not yet filled we take those who are qualified,\u201d Hamoy said.<\/p>\n
Nelly Sablan, 52, who missed the outreach on Tinian due to a three-day track-and-field competition for her students, said she came to Saipan to renew her passport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a coach and I missed the outreach on Tinian because we were here on Saipan for a competition at [Gilbert C.] Ada Gymnasium, so I came to this one to renew my passport, which is almost expired,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Bhoyet Tapaoan, 46, said he came with his girlfriend to renew his passport.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is difficult because if there is no schedule or appointment they sometimes cannot accept walk-ins,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
United Filipino Organization volunteers and District 204 Lions Club of Saipan members aided the Philippine consulate. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are volunteering, arranging, and introducing clients for renewal and extension of passports,\u201d said Nenita Marquez of Lions Club.<\/p>\n
Florence Miranda of UFO said that some clients come with questions about expired passports and if they want to renew their CW status they have to extend their passport.<\/p>\n
Hamoy said the documents that the public turns in are processed already and if they don\u2019t have the required documents they won\u2019t be accommodated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny reason to extend passport is if you are renewing your CW for employment, going off-island for medical condition to be treated, or if someone died in your family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Hamoy said that the process takes time, especially for passports. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt will go to the Philippines then to Guam and then we email or contact our clients if their passport is here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
UFO\u2019s Anna De Guzman said that she sometimes pick up the passports when she goes to Guam.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I go to Guam for check up, sometimes I pick up passports for clients if they give me their receipts,\u201d De Guzman said.<\/p>\n
For questions or clarifications regarding the mobile consular outreach, call the Philippine Consulate General at its toll free number (670) 682-2222. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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