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Monday, November 28, 2022

"Konsulado on the Go" Serves Kababayan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

On Saturday, 05 November 2022, the Philippine Consulate General in New York, with the support of the Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh (FAAP), carried out a consular outreach at the FAAP-owned Philippine Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the most far flung areas under the Consulate’s jurisdiction. Kababayan take their oath as Filipino citizens.  (Photo by Alex Grubbs)

The Philippine Consulate General in New York concluded this year’s “Konsulado on the Go” by serving one of the most far flung areas under its jurisdiction – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It takes approximately seven hours to travel to Pittsburgh by land.

Members of the consular outreach team, led by Vice Consul Tanya Faye O. Ramiro (second from right, standing), poses with members and volunteers of FAAP. (Photo by Alex Grubbs)

Carried out with the support of the Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh (FAAP), the consular outreach was held at FAAP-owned Philippine Center on Saturday, 05 November 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A total of 122 consular services were processed.


The consular outreach provided the following services – passport renewal, retention/reacquisition of Philippine citizenship, civil registry (birth, marriage, and death), notarization, and general consultation with the officer in charge.


Ms. Karen Welton, the Community Outreach & Resource Planning Specialist of the Pittsburgh District Office of the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division entertains labor concerns of kababayan during the outreach. (Photo by Alex Grubbs)

Complimenting the consular outreach was a labor desk manned by Ms. Karen Welton, the Community Outreach & Resource Planning Specialist of the Pittsburgh District Office of the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division. Kababayan with labor concerns approached Ms. Welton before or after their respective appointments.


This consular outreach is the eleventh of the year. The Konsulado on the Go schedule for 2023 will be released by the first quarter of next year.



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