Press Release
PR-099-2017

Philippine Embassy Extends
31,614 Consular Services in July 2017

(Riyadh, 13 August 2017) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is pleased to inform the Filipino community that it has extended 31,614 consular services in July 2017:

Passport Services

For passport and other related services, the Embassy processed 7,335 passport applications, as follows: 7,286 passport renewal applications; 184 new passport applications and 49 replacements of lost passport applications.

The Embassy also processed 739 passport validity extensions and 57 Travel Documents.

Visa Services

A total of 281 visas were issued by the Embassy in July 2017, of which were 271 Temporary Visitor’s Visas (9A) and 10 Diplomatic and Official (9E) Visas.

Civil Registry Services

The Embassy processed 319 civil registry documents in July 2017, as follows: 55 Reports of Marriage; 215 Reports of Birth; 14 Reports of Death; 0 Report of Fetal Death; 3 Petitions for Correction of Clerical Error under R.A. 9048; and, 0 application for Citizenship Retention, Reacquisition under R.A. 9225 and 32 Registrations of Legal Instruments.

Notarial and Authentication Services

In July 2017, the Embassy provided a total of 3,382 notarial and authentication services, as follows: 3,309 notarials and 73 authentications.

Other Services

In July 2017, the Embassy was able to release 8,167 new passports and other services for Photocopying services 11,334.

Table 1: Consular Services Rendered by Percentage, July 2017
*excluding Photocopying Services

As part of the Embassy’s program to improve customer service, it has conducted a client feedback survey to 7,199 clients, of which 4,982 or 69.2% responded as follows:

Table 2: Client Feedback, July 2017

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