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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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ADVISORY ON ACCREDITED SEA FREIGHT FORWARDERS

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Public Advisory: Restrictions on the Carrying of Animal/Livestock Products to South Korea

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20 January 2020 – The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Seoul, reiterates to the public that in accordance with the “Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Disease,” and pursuant to the advisories from various South Korean government agencies, carrying animal/livestock products to South Korea is restricted and must be reported/declared at the quarantine office of the port of entry. Those who fail to report/declare carrying restricted animal/livestock products at airports and seaports will be fined up to ₩10,000,000.00 (PHP439,815.73), and those who fail to pay the fine will be prohibited from entering South Korea.

It came to the attention of the Philippine Embassy that an entry ban of five years was handed down to a traveler who came to South Korea last 21 October 2019, as a result of failing to pay the fine amounting to ₩5,000,000.00 (PHP219,907.87) for bringing in pork sausages at the airport. This shows how stringent the South Korean authorities are regarding the enforcement of the regulation.

All Filipinos entering South Korea as visitors, workers, or residents are reminded and advised to refrain from bringing restricted items in their hand-carry or checked-in luggage. All hand-carry and checked-in luggage of passengers are subjected to security screening at the airport terminals. END

For more information, visit https://www.seoulpe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philembassy-seoul.com or https://www.facebook.com/PHinKorea/.

Reference: https://www.dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/25567-public-advisory-restrictions-on-the-carrying-of-animal-livestock-products-to-south-korea

EMBASSY HOLDS FIRST SATURDAY CONSULAR SERVICE FOR 2020

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13 January 2020 – The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa held its first monthly Saturday consular service for the year on 11 January 2020.

The Embassy and the Philippine Consulates General in Canada open their premises to Saturday consular services at least once a month to cater to the needs of the second-largest Filipino diaspora after those in the United States. END