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9 May 2023, Montreal- The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa conducted its first consular outreach for the year in Montreal, Quebec on 6-8 May 2023. The Embassy’s 7-man team rendered a total of 370 consular services which included applications for passport, civil registration, legalization, and dual citizenship.

Fifty individuals took their oath under the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003, or more commonly known as the Dual Citizenship Law (R.A. 9225) and 44 registered for overseas voting.

Representatives from the Migrant Workers Office-Toronto and the Philippine Department of Tourism- New York also joined the outreach to provide labor-related services and promote Philippine tourism, respectively.

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa holds consular jurisdiction over Quebec Province, which is home to 44,885 Filipinos who study, work or reside in the province. Montreal alone hosts 40,315 Filipinos.

Aside from kababayan in Montreal, Filipinos from different cities in Quebec, and in the neighboring provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia also availed of the Embassy’s outreach services during said weekend.

The consular outreach mission is part of the Embassy’s efforts to bring consular services closer to Filipinos outside of Ottawa.