PH CONSULATE IN SF SPEARHEADS CONSULAR OUTREACH IN OREGON, DELIVERS CLOSE TO 1,000 SERVICES
TIGARD, OREGON – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco returned to the Portland Metropolitan Area for its annual consular outreach in Oregon from 25 to 28 April 2024, delivering a total of 983 services.
The four-day consular outreach provided essential consular services to Filipinos and Filipino Americans, who availed themselves of passport, dual citizenship, and overseas voting registration services without having to travel to San Francisco. Applicants from throughout Oregon and other states, including Washington State, Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, among others, were accommodated in the outreach.
Led by Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona, the consular outreach was conducted with the support of Philippine Honorary Consul in Portland Enrico Tadeo, Filipino Community leader Lorelei Hosmillo, and various Filipino American groups including the Filipino American Association of Vancouver, Washington, the Filipino Bayanihan Center and the Filipino American Association of Portland & Vicinity.
Cynthia Guevara-Fabela of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division also participated in the outreach, and provided valuable information about prevailing laws and regulations to protect the welfare of workers and promote their rights.
The consular outreach was the third conducted by the Consulate in 2024. It is scheduled to conduct missions in Reno, Nevada on 17-18 May 2023, and in Boise, Idaho on 20 May 2024.
Filipinos residing under the Consulate’s jurisdiction may visit pcgsanfrancisco.org/consular-outreach-missions/ for details on future outreach missions. END
Dual citizenship applicants wait for their turn at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
A passport applicant’s photo and biometrics are being processed at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
An overseas voter’s registration is being processed at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Successful dual citizenship applicants take their Oath of Allegiance to the Philippines at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona with dual citizenship applicant Romeo Tierra–who became a naturalized U.S. citizen on 26 April 2024, and retained his Philippine citizenship a few hours later after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the Philippines during the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Cynthia Guevara-Fabela of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division delivers a talk on expatriate workers’ rights at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s consular outreach in Tigard, Oregon on 26 April 2024. (San Francisco PCG photo)
Filipino American Community leader Lorelei Hosmillo talks about Filipino Food Oregon, a collaboration with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Silicon Valley, and the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco to promote Philippine cuisine and ingredients. (San Francisco PCG photo)
The consular team of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco with Filipino American Community lead coordinator Lorelei Hosmillo (extreme left), during the consular outreach at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)
The consular team of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco with the volunteers from the Filipino American Community in Oregon, during the consular outreach at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Tigard, Oregon. (San Francisco PCG photo)