Press Release No. 02-2019
PH CONSULATE GENERAL IN JEDDAH RENDERS CONSULAR SERVICES FOR FILIPINOS IN TABUK
(20 January 2019, Jeddah) - A team from the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah rendered its first Consular Mobile Services (CMS) for 2019 for Filipinos in the city of Tabuk from 18 to 19 January. Tabuk is the northernmost city of Saudi Arabia in its western region. It is home to an estimated 15,000 Filipinos comprising construction workers, semi-skilled workers, medical personnel, and household service workers (HSW).
The consular team processed 582 passport applications, 100 legalization of documents, and 43 related services including passport validity extensions, certifications and police clearance endorsements.
Team from the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah processes passport applications of Filipinos in Tabuk, KSA.
Representatives from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, Office of the Social Welfare Attache, Pag-IBIG and SSS also joined the CMS to offer their respective services. Social Welfare Attache Ms. Priscilla Razon interviewed Saudi employers and their Filipino HSWs to check whether the latter are receiving their rightful entitlements under Saudi labor laws.
Pag-IBIG and SSS representatives, who joined the Consular Mobile Services in Tabuk,
process transactions from Filipinos availing themselves of the two agencies’ services.
Social Welfare Attache Ms. Priscilla Nidea Razon (back to the camera) interviews Saudi employers and their
Filipino Household Service Workers to check whether the latter are receiving their rightful entitlements under Saudi labor laws.
During the service, Consul General Edgar Badajos, who led the team, held a dialogue with the applicants. He explained the Consulate’s various services and related processes and procedures, including recent regulations issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs with regards to the requirements for passport applications. He encouraged those who have registered as Overseas Voters to exercise their right of suffrage and to choose wisely come election time later this year.
Consul General Edgar Badajos (middle, standing) holds a dialogue with
some of the applicants during the consular mobile service in Tabuk.
The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah conducts consular mobile services in Tabuk at least twice a year for the benefit of Filipinos in the area who have to take a 12-hour land travel or an hour-and-a-half plane ride just to get to Jeddah for their consular needs. The first CMS was successfully conducted with the support and cooperation of members of the Filipino community in Tabuk led by Mr. Roger Mendoza.
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