Filipinos in Oregon get service from consular missions

Consul Reginald Bernabe leads dual citizenship applicants in swearing the Oath of Allegiance during the Consular Outreach Mission held in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepeneurs, and co-organized by the Consulate General with the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon headed by Jason Lim. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

PORTLAND, Oregon — A seven-member team from the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco provided consular services in missions to Roseburg and Portland, Oregon, on May 24 and 25.

The two-day outreach missions extended various consular services such as passport, civil registry, legalization and notarial, dual citizenship services as well Overseas Voter Registration.

Coordinating with the Philippine Honorary Consulate General’s office in Portland, the consular outreach missions were hosted in Roseburg by the Douglas County Filipino-American Association. In Portland, it was hosted by  the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and Oregon Association of Minority Entrepeneurs (venue).

This is the 5th Consular Outreach Mission conducted by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco in the Pacific Northwest since January this year. After California, the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington have the largest concentrations of Filipinos among the Consulate’s 10-state  jurisdiction. There are 15,861 Filipinos (residents of Filipino heritage) in Oregon according to 2010 US Census figures.

For more information on forthcoming outreach missions for 2014 applicants are invited to visit the Consulate General’s webpage www.philippinessanfrancisco.org and click “Schedule of Consular Outreach”.