EMBASSY ON WHEELS IN AL KHOBAR MOVED TO 12-13 JULY 2013

EMBASSY ON WHEELS IN AL KHOBAR MOVED TO 12-13 JULY 2013

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Press Release

No. PR-127-2013


ADVISORY

EMBASSY ON WHEELS IN AL KHOBAR

MOVED TO 12-13 JULY 2013


(Riyadh, 2 July 2013) – Due to the recent change in the days of the weekends in Saudi Arabia, the Embassy on Wheels in Al Khobar at Al Jazeera International School in Dammam, originally scheduled on 11-12 July 2013 is moved to 12-13 July 2013, Friday and Saturday.

All those who have appointments on 11 July 2013 are moved to 12 July 2013 while all those scheduled on 12 July 2013 will be moved to 13 July 2013. (END)

SOURCE PHILEMBASSY RIYADH

REPOST - APPLYING FOR PHIL PASSPORT? GO TO MALL

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Applying for a passport in PHL? Go to the mall
Applying for a passport in the Philippines? No problem, go to the shopping mall. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said one of the agency's programs to improve the country's passport processing system includes setting up consular offices in shopping malls nationwide. This will help applicants avoid long queues at the DFA main office in Pasay City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario during the 114th founding anniversary of the DFA. He said the DFA Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) is drafting a new set of guidelines to make the passport application process simpler and easier. One of the targets of the guidelines was the opening of the first 13 consular offices in Metro Manila and other key cities before the end of the year. The ongoing transfer of DFA consular offices to shopping malls nationwide is under Public-Private Partnership arrangements. The DFA recently entered into memoranda of agreement with private firms operating a chain of malls nationwide, including SM Prime Holdings, Ayala Land, Robinsons Land Corporation and Pacific Mall Corporation." Read full story