Philippine consular services in US for 2012 announced

SAN FRANCISCO, California—The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco has released the yearlong schedule of its consular services in 2012.

Services to be offered are Philippine passport application, legalization of documents (affidavits, powers of attorney, deeds, other legal instruments), Civil Registry (reports of births, marriages and deaths), Dual Citizenship application and Registration for Overseas Absentee Voting.

Filipinos are advised to visit www.philippinessanfrancisco.org to download the forms and check the requirements.

• For passport applicants, please submit a copy of the data/photopage of the latest Philippine passport; and a copy of the US permanent resident card if available
• For Dual Citizenship applicants, please submit a copy each of the supporting documents (e.g. PH birth certificate/PH passport/PH marriage certificate, US naturalization certificate and US passport)
• For Reports of Births (for those whose fathers or mothers are Filipino citizens during time of birth), please prepare five (5) sets of the required documents.
• For Reports of Marriages (needed for the married name to be reflected in the PH passport), please prepare five (5) sets of the required documents, including copies of government-issued identification cards for both husband and wife.
• For legalization of documents, please bring the original document to be processed plus a photocopy of the document and two (2) copies of a government-issued ID.

Kababayans are also advised that the Philippine Consulate General only accepts cash, money order, bank draft, or cashier’s checks (made payable to the Philippine Consulate General) for the services rendered.

Following are the confirmed consular outreach missions as of January 10, 2012.  Please visit https://www.philippinessanfrancisco.org/philippines-sf/consular-outreach/ for updates.

MILPITAS, CA

• Dates: January 15, February 19, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, and November 18
• Schedule: 8:30am-5pm
• Location: Seasons Market Place at Landess, 1535 Landess Avenue, Milpitas
• Contact Person: Ms. Dinnah Bayangos at (408) 586 9800

Note:  The outreach mission in Milpitas can only accommodate up to the first 100 applicants.  Applications for passports and dual citizenship are by appointment only:

• · Send an email request/application for appointment and submit as an attachment the accomplished passport or dual citizenship application form to [email protected]
• · For passport applicants, please attach a copy of the data/photopage of the latest PH passport.  Passport applicants do not need to attach a photograph.
• · For Dual Citizenship applicants, please attach a copy each of the supporting documents (PH birth certificate/PH passport/PH marriage certificate, US naturalization certificate and US passport datapage)
• · Approved applicants will be advised via email.
• Any remaining slots will be given to walk-in applicants.

SEATTLE, WA

• Dates: February 24-26, June 22-24, August 9-11, November 9-11
• Schedule: 8:30am-5:30pm
• Location: Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) Center, 5740 ML King Jr. Way, South Seattle
• Contact Organization: Filipino Community of Seattle (206) 722 9372

Note:  A large volume of applicants is expected.  Please contact the Filipino Community of Seattle to set an appointment.

SACRAMENTO, CA

• · Dates: March 10
• · Schedule: 9am-4pm
• · Location: Sacramento County Sheriff Department, 7000-65^th, Sacramento
• Contact Person: Dr. Antonio Solomon at (916) 682 3382

TACOMA, WA

• Dates: April 27-29, October 4-6
• · Location: 4970 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, Washington
• Contact Organization: Filipino Community Alliance of Tacoma c/o Ms. Maribel Periabras at [email protected], [email protected], (425) 224 6718 or (253) 597 7181

FRESNO, CA

• · Dates: May 5, October 27
• · Location and Contact Person for May 5: Heritage Adult Health Care Center, 5377 N. Fresno Street (cor. Barstow), Fresno.  Contact Maribelle Dyoco at (559) 940 8450 or Orly at (559) 281 2914
• · Location and Contact Person for October 27: Fil Am Center, 4215 E. Clinton Avenue, Fresno.  Contact Fely Guzman at (559) 417 6767 or Ida Divina at (559) 270 3018

RENO, NV

• Dates: May 25-27
• Contact Organization: The Filipino-American Alliance of Nevada c/o Ms. Thelma Frias at (775) 772 3452
• Schedule and Location: To be announced

ANCHORAGE, AK

• Dates: June 1-2, July 6-7
• Contact Person: Mr. Jesse Vizcocho at (907) 306 0459, [email protected]
• Other Details: To be announced

JUNEAU, AK

• Date: June 3-4
• · Location: Filipino Community Inc. Hall, 251 South Franklin Street, Juneau
• · Contact Organization: Filipino Community Inc., www.filcomalaska.org.  President:  Jenny Gomez Strickler (907) 723 9053, [email protected]

CONCORD, CA

• · Date: July 1
• · Location: Seafood City Complex, 2030 Diamond Boulevard, Concord
• · Contact Organization: GB Management Corp. at (909) 525 9500

FAIRBANKS, AK

• Date: July 8-9
• Location: Ice Alaska Building, 1925 Chena Landing Loop, Fairbanks
• · Contact Persons: Ms. Betsy Engle at (907) 350 4506 and Ms. Yoly Ganacias at (907) 347 5519

SALINAS, CA

• · Date: July 28
• · Location: Filipino Community Center, 250 Calle Cebu, Salinas
• · Contact Organization: Filipino Community of Salinas Valley President Orly Jimenez at (831) 757 2417, (831) 905 1321, [email protected]

KODIAK, AK

• · Date: August 3-4
• · Location: Teen Center, 410 Cedar Street, Kodiak
• · Contact Organization: Filipino American Association of Kodiak, Alaska c/o Mary Guillas-Hawver at (907) 538 2403, Ben Achas at (907) 942 3226, [email protected], Bernadette Villaroya at (907) 942 3226, [email protected], or Rowena Arboleda at (907) 486 6902, [email protected]

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

• · Date: September 28-30

Contact Person: Agnes Higley at (801) 842 5674, Eunice Jones at (801) 231 3338 or Dennis Honrubia at (801) 696 1871