PR-51-2025

05 May 2025. Ottawa. A team from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for a consular and overseas voting outreach mission on 3-4 May 2025.  A total of 307 services were rendered, which includes passport applications, legalization, civil registry and dual citizenship applications. The bulk of the consular services provided by the team were on passport renewal for minors. Of the 307 services, a total of 202 applications for passport renewal and a combined total of 105 applications for legalization, civil registration, NBI form attestation, travel document and dual citizenship processing were processed.

There were also 37 qualified individuals who took their oath of allegiance under the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 or more commonly known as the Dual Citizenship Law (R.A. 9225). A briefing was held for the new dual citizens regarding their rights and privileges.

Another briefing was conducted for registered voters regarding pre-voting enrolment internet voting.

Representatives from the Toronto-based Migrant Workers Office joined the outreach to provide labor-related services and undertake prison visits.

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa holds consular jurisdiction over Nova Scotia, which is home to  6,615 Filipinos. The largest concentration of the Filipino population in the Province is found in Halifax which is home to over 4,000 Filipinos. END