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Consular team members Ms. Rose Cynthia Villaruz (leftmost) and Mr. Solaiman Andig, Jr. (right behind Ms. Villaruz) facilitate the passport application of Mrs. Luzviminda Valle (rightmost) at the Ospedale Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico di Careggi (Unità Spinale) in Florence, Italy, where Mrs. Valle is confined for rehabilitation. Also in the photo is Mrs. Valle’s husband, Mr. Francisco Valle. Mrs. Valle is one of the clients served during the 17-18 February 2018 Florence Consular Outreach Mission by the Philippine Embassy in Rome.

20 February 2018 ROME — The Philippine Embassy in Rome held in Florence, its second of four consular outreach missions scheduled for the Tuscany region of Italy for 2018. The consular outreach mission was conducted in coordination with the Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Florence on 17-18 February 2018.

The Embassy’s consular team processed a total of 359 consular services, 301 of which were passport-related. Partner agencies Philippine Overseas Labor Office and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) rendered a combined total of 230 services, majority of which were OWWA clients. Meanwhile, 154 clients were served by the Social Security System and 136 individuals were able to avail themselves of the Overseas Absentee Voting registration services.

Home to approximately 13,800 Filipinos, Tuscany as a region has the 4th largest concentration of Filipinos in Italy.

The remaining two consular outreach missions in Tuscany for the current year will be held in September 2018. END

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Before taking their Oath of Allegiance, dual citizenship applicants watch a Commission on Elections video about gender equality in public office and Philippine Supreme Court videos about small-claims cases. They are among the clients served by the Philippine Embassy in Rome during its Consular Outreach Mission in Florence, Italy on 17-18 February 2018.

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Consular team member Ms. Rose Cynthia Villaruz (behind the table) checks the documents of applicants during the Consular Outreach Mission of the Philippine Embassy in Rome at the Chiesa Parrocchia del Corpus Domini in Florence, Italy on 17-18 February 2018.