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PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN TORONTO HOLDS CONSULAR OUTREACH MISSIONS IN NEEPAWA AND WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
2024-07-17
Clients in Neepawa availing of the different services provided during the outreach mission
08 July 2024 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto conducted consular outreach missions in the Province of Manitoba, particularly at the United Anglican Church in Neepawa on 06 July 2024 and at the Holiday Inn Express in Winnipeg on 07-08 July 2024.
The outreach missions provided consular services to 792 applicants who availed of services for ePassport, notarization of documents, civil registry submission and dual citizenship application.
The SSS Representative and the Migrant Workers Office (MWO)-Toronto joined the consular outreach missions to provide services to SSS members and Overseas Filipino Workers.
A community forum was conducted after the outreach mission in Neepawa during which the consular services of the Philippine Consulate General, SSS and MWO-Toronto; and concerns of the Filipino community were discussed.
“We appreciate this outreach mission very much. We hope that this will continue,” said one of the applicants in Neepawa. The last outreach mission in Neepawa by the Philippine Consulate General was in 20 August 2021.
The Filipino-Canadian Association of Neepawa, the Neepawa and Area Immigrant Settlement Services and the Office of the Honorary Consul in Winnipeg provided support during the consular outreach missions.
Manitoba has the highest proportion of Filipinos on a per capita basis, with Filipinos comprising 6.78% or 90,045 of the provincial population of 1,342,153 according to the 2021 Census of Statistics Canada. Neepawa, in particular, is among the areas with the fastest growing Filipino population in Manitoba with around 2,600 as of the 2021 Census. END
Consul Rodney Jonas Sumague (standing) discussing the services of the Philippine Consulate General during the community forum in Neepawa
Applicants of RA 9225 in Winnipeg taking their oath to re-acquire Filipino citizenship