Rome, 25 June 2018- The Philippine Embassy in Rome held special Sunday consular services at the chancery yesterday, 24 June 2018, its second for the current year, completing more than 400 service transactions in a span of seven straight hours.

The Philippine Embassy opened its consular section as early seven o’clock in the morning of 24 June to welcome two busloads of applicants from the city of Bari in Puglia province in southern Italy. Other applicants came from as far as Florence and Perugia from the central regions of Tuscana and Umbria.

Topping the list of services administered and completed are new passport applications, 140; notarial services, 65; civil registration, 5; OWWA services including membership applications, 94; voter registration, 45; and SSS services, 45. There were 36 individuals who took their oath as Filipino citizens under the “Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003 (RA 9225).

The Philippine Embassy in Rome opens a dedicated lane to fast track new passport applications of clients from the southern city of Bari during its special Sunday consular services at the chancery on 24 June 2018.

Overseas voter registration is one of the services offered by the Philippine Embassy in Rome for its special Sunday consular services.

Ms. Natividad Nethercott, staff of the Philippine Embassy, evaluates the passport renewal applications of clients who availed themselves of the special Sunday consular services organized by the Philippine Embassy in Rome on 24 June 2018.

Applicants maintain their line to pay the consular service fees during the special Sunday consular services on 24 June 2018. The Philippine embassy in Rome completed more than 400 services in a span of seven hours.