Press Release
PR-011-2018
Philippine Embassy Extends
290,177 Consular Services in Year 2017
(Riyadh, 16 January 2018) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is pleased to inform the Filipino community that it has extended 290,177 consular services in Year 2017:
Passport Services
For passport and other related services, the Embassy processed 70,847 passport applications, as follows: 68,284 passport renewal applications; 1,764 new passport applications and 799 replacements of lost passport applications.
The Embassy also processed 6,556 passport validity extensions and 568 Travel Documents.
Consular Outreach Missions or Embassy on Wheels (EOW)
In Year 2017, the Embassy conducted thirty two (33) consular mobile missions, in different areas in Saudi Arabia,: 6 EOWs in the Dawa’ah Center 2nd Industrial City Riyadh; 1 each in Al Jouf, Hafar Al Batin and Damman; 3 each in Hail, Buraidah and Jubail; and 15 (10 regular and 5 special) in Dhahran.
Visa Services
A total of 2,795 visas were issued by the Embassy in year 2017, of which were 2,744 Temporary Visitor’s Visas (9A) and 51 Diplomatic and Official (9E) Visas.
Civil Registry Services
The Embassy processed 4,485 civil registry documents in year 2017, as follows: 646 Reports of Marriage; 2,644 Reports of Birth; 221 Reports of Death; 0 Reports of Fetal Death; 34 Petitions for Correction of Clerical Error under R.A. 9048; and, 4 applications for Citizenship Retention, Reacquisition under R.A. 9225 and 935 Legal Instruments were registered.
Notarial and Authentication Services
In year 2017, the Embassy provided a total of 32,285 notarial and authentication services, as follows: 31,314 notarials and 971 authentications.
Other Services
In year 2017, the Embassy was able to release 66,412 new passports and other services for photocopying services 106,229.
Table 1: Consular Services Rendered by Percentage, year 2017
As part of the Embassy’s program to improve customer service, it has conducted a client feedback survey to 63,802 clients, of which 42,739 or 66.99% responded as follows:
Table 2: Client Feedback, Year 2017
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