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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2025

Registered Filipino overseas voters (in Posts/Countries adopting online voting) may vote online in the May 12, 2025 elections.

To participate, you must be pre-enrolled as an online voter. Pre-enrolment for online voting via the COMELEC Voting Portal is from March 10 to May 7, 2025.

The 30-day overseas voting period is from 13 April 2025 until 12 May 2025, at 7:00PM Philippine Standard Time.

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Ottawa Appreciates Coastal Clean Up by Embassy

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PR 167 2022 rev City Hall Issues TY Certificate to PE

The Cleaning the Capital Certificate presented by the City of Ottawa to the Philippine Embassy for its Coastal Clean-up at Britannia Beach in West Ottawa.

The City of Ottawa issued a Cleaning the Capital Certificate to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa in appreciation for the Coastal Clean-Up undertaken as part of its Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (MANA MO) commemorative activities for September.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Saturday Consular Service, 10 September 2022

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PR 166 2022 Saturday Service 10Sep22

The Embassy’s consular section in Ottawa will be open on the following date for our monthly Saturday consular service:

Saturday, 10 September 2022, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

All applicants must book an appointment through the following link until Thursday, 8 September 2022:

https://dfaincanada.com/otw/appointment

Applicants should ensure that they bring with them the complete requirements for their transaction and photocopies of the required documents. There are no photocopying facilities inside the Embassy.

The requirements for passport application and renewal may be viewed at this page on our website:

https://ottawape.dfa.gov.ph/.../2016-04-13-03.../passports

The requirements for consular notarization/legalization (acknowledgement) may be viewed at this page on our website:

https://ottawape.dfa.gov.ph/.../legalization-of-documents

The requirements for civil registration may be viewed at this page on our website:

https://ottawape.dfa.gov.ph/.../2016.../civil-registration

The wearing of face coverings/masks shall be required of all applicants inside the building.

We look forward to serving you. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Philippine Embassy Hosts Luncheon on Immigration Issues

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PR 165 2022 CDA Luncheon 1Sep22

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, through Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III, hosted a luncheon to discuss current immigration policies of Canada. Attended by senior diplomats from Asia-Pacific diplomatic missions in Ottawa, Senior Director Shannon-Marie Soni from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shared updates on Canada’s immigration policies during the event held at Mindanao Hall of the Embassy’s Chancery.

The Filipino diaspora in Canada is estimated at almost one million, the second largest after the Filipino diaspora in the United States. Catering to the needs of the Filipinos across Canada is the legislated priority of Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC).

Philippine Embassy Opens Info Boot at the Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza

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PR 164 2022 Philippine Embassy Opens Info Boot at thge Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza

27 August 2022, Montreal - The Philippine Embassy joined the “Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza 2022: Summer Balik Saya” festivities held at Montreal’s MacKenzie-King Park. The Embassy opened an information booth for consular, travel, and assistance-to-national inquiries.

Fiesta Extravaganza is a summer event roving across Canada in celebration of Filipino heritage.

Montreal was the final stop of the Fiesta Extravaganza, following successful events in Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Vaughan, and Toronto.