PH CONSULATE IN SF BRINGS CONSULAR OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, DELIVERS 282 SERVICES
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, USA – A 16-member team from the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco conducted a consular outreach at the Milpitas Community Center in Milpitas, California on 13 April 2024.
This was the Consulate’s second outreach this year following the one held in Tacoma, Washington in March.
The consular outreach was organized in cooperation with the City Government of Milpitas, which offered the free use of its facilities.
Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona and Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil led the provision of passport, dual citizenship, overseas voting registration, and emergency notarial services to Filipinos in the South Bay. In total, 282 services were rendered during the day-long outreach.
Trade Commissioner Celynne Layug and Tourism Attaché Soleil Tropicales spoke about the work of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Silicon Valley and the Philippine Department of Tourism Office in San Francisco. Consular applicants were also briefed about the 2024 Very Important Pinoy (VIP) Tour, which will bring participants to Metro Manila, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon, and lligan from 21 to 30 July 2024.
On the sidelines of the consular outreach, the Consulate held a briefing on workers’ rights in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD) in San Jose, which talked about the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act as well as the programs and services of the DOL-WHD. Meanwhile, free legal consultations were given courtesy of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines California Chapter.
State Assemblymember Alex Lee of California’s 24th District, which covers Milpitas, and Fil-Am Berryessa Union School District Trustee Jaria Jaug as well as community partners ABS-CBN Foundation International and Ayala Land, also graced the consular outreach. END
From left to right: Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil, Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona, California State Assemblymember Alex Lee, Jaria Jaug, Berryessa Union School District Trustee Jaria Jaug, Tourism Attache Soleil Tropicales, and Ana Hurtado of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in San Jose. (San Francisco PCG photo)
The consular outreach team of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco provides consular services at Milpitas Community Center in Milpitas, California on 13 April 2024. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Deputy Consul General Raquel Solano (5th from right), Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona (4th from right) and Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil (2nd from right), with the officers of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines California Chapter. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil administers the oath of allegiance to the Philippines of successful dual citizenship applicants. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Trade Commissioner Celynne Layug of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Silicon Valley, and Tourism Attache Soleil Tropicales of the Philippine Department of Tourism Office in San Francisco talk about the programs of their respective agencies. (San Francisco PCG photo)
U.S. Department of Labor/s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD) Community Outreach and Planning Specialist Ana Hurtado discusses the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, and the programs and services of the DOL-WHD. (San Francisco PCG photo)
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s Milpitas consular outreach team with California State Assemblymember Alex Lee, Fil-Am Berryessa Union School District Trustee Jaria Jaug, U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division officer Ana Hurtado, and community partners ABS-CBN Foundation International and Ayala Land. (San Francisco PCG photo)
(San Francisco PCG)