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The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is headed by Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer, who assumed his post in January 2021. Currently, the consulate's jurisdiction covers northern and central California, northern Nevada, and the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Alaska. [1]
This is a list of foreign diplomatic missions located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.As of November 2024, the area hosts 41 consulates-general from 41 countries (Mexico has two). 38 are located in the city of San Francisco; there is one each in Palo Alto, Burlingame, and San Jose.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Riyadh is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Established on December 23, 1973, in Jeddah, the embassy is now located in the Diplomatic Quarter district in Riyadh. [1] [2] The embassy also covers Philippine interests in the Republic of Yemen.
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
The Philippine Center in San Francisco was built in 1911 by architect Fred Meyer. and encompasses a total floor area of 88,443 square feet (8,216.6 m 2). It is composed of two adjoining buildings located on Sutter Street, a block away from the prestigious Union Square and within a mile of San Francisco's financial district.
The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles was opened in 1947 at 355 South Broadway in the city's historic core, initially as an extension office of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco. It was headed by Dr. Roberto Regala, the first Philippine consul to San Francisco, as titular consul, but administered by his vice-consul in ...
Daly City, in the San Francisco Bay Area, has the highest concentration of Filipino Americans of any municipality in the U.S.; Filipino Americans comprise 35% of the city's population. [199] In 2016, although the number of Filipinos living within the City of San Francisco has been reduced, a heritage district was designated "SoMa Pilipinas". [200]
In November 2009, Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Luis T. Cruz warned Filipina women against marrying Korean men. He said in recent months that the Philippine Embassy in Seoul has received complaints from Filipina wives of abuses committed by their Korean husbands that caused separation, divorce and abandonment.