The consular outreach provides a platform to report or update their civil registry records. Photo above shows Filipino applicants filing a Report of Marriage or a Report of Birth of their children born in Malta.

Rome, 19 November 2018 – The Philippine Embassy in Italy has reached out to the fast growing Filipino population in Malta with special consular services on 17-18 November 2018 to cap its community outreach program for the year.

More than 350 Filipinos in Malta availed themselves of the special consular services, with passport applications (267), legalization of documents (25) and civil registration (18) topping the list of services rendered by the consular team. A total of 162 service transactions were also completed by Pag-IBIG.

There are about 3,000 Filipinos in Malta, considered the largest non-EU foreign group in the island-state south of Italy.

Applicants line up to pay for the consular service fees in Malta during the special consular services held on 17-18 November 2018.

Photo above provides a panoramic view of the applicants awaiting their turn for consular services in Malta. Some of them express their appreciation for a “better work flow” and a “peaceful and quite environment” at the venue.