“CONSULATE ON WHEELS” HELD IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

16 January 2007 – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that consular outreach services dubbed as “Consulate on Wheels” were conducted on 6 January 2007 in Fresno, some 200 miles from San Francisco.

“More than 200 Filipino and Filipino-American residents in Fresno and the nearby areas availed of consular services at the Travelodge in Fresno,” Consul General Sanchez said. “The consular team processed applications for dual citizenship, passports, visa, legal/notarial and civil registry services. The San Francisco team also attended to queries on assistance to Filipino nationals,” she added.

As the outreach to Fresno provided opportunities to promote Philippine tourism, a number of locals and Filipino-Americans signified their interest to join the 3^rd Ambassadors/Consuls General Tour in July 2007.

With the success of the consular outreach to Fresno, the Filipino-American community leaders in Fresno and the Bayanihan Association of America (Samahang Bayanihan) requested the conduct of another consular outreach service in Fresno after six months.

Vice Consul Arvic V. Arevalo led the consular outreach team to Fresno, which included representatives from the Philippine Trade and Investment Center and the Office of the Tourism Representative. The consular team was met in Fresno by the officers and members of Samahang Bayanihan and by Fresno Unified School District Board of Education Member Valerie F. Davis.

The outreach mission, which is the first outreach mission for 2007, was held with the assistance of the Samahang Bayanihan.  END

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