BANGKOK, 01 April 2024 – The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok conducted a consular and assistance-to-nationals (ATN) outreach mission in Phuket, Thailand on 23-24 March 2024 to provide passport, notarial, civil registry, and ATN services to Filipinos in the southern Thailand region.
Over 200 members of the Filipino community in Phuket and its neighboring areas availed the above consular services during the two-day mission.
Some 57 members of the Filipino community were also able to update their overseas voter records, as well as register as first-time voters in preparation for the next midterm Philippine elections in 2025.
Many of the estimated 1,076 Filipinos in Phuket and its neighboring provinces are employed in schools, hotels, restaurants, and hospitality industries. END
The Philippine Embassy team attending to consular clients (at various counters)
Assistance-to-Nationals Officer Muse Moso processing applicant’s documents for OWWA verification.
Collecting Officer Calvin France assisting the applicant in processing payment for notarial services
Overseas Voting Registration Officer Evonne Manayao explaining the registration process to a first-time overseas applicant
Consular Assistant Raphael Torralba capturing the biometrics of passport applicant
Info-videos on Overseas Voter Registration being shown while applicants fill out the OV registration forms
The Bagong Pilipinas info-videos being shown to the applicants throughout the consular mission
Consular and ATN Outreach Team to Phuket headed by Consul Cham Guevara (far right)
