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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 signing ceremony was hosted by H.E. Adnan V. Alonto, the Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and was attended by Hon. Robert Borje, the Special Envoy of the President and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs (PAFA), along with Hon. Sarah Lou Arriola, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, Assistant ...
The Act is jointly enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Visitors from 157 countries are permitted visa-free entry for periods ranging from 14 to 59 days. Generally, foreign nationals who wish to enter the Philippines require a visa unless the visitor is:
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is headed by Consul General Gunther Emil M. Sales, who assumed the position on July 30, 2024. [9] Prior to his current post, he served as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, [9] and before that was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. as minister and consul. [10]
In late July 2008, the DFA has announced plans and the possible implementation of a new Biometric Passport System for new passports. It is expected that the government will start issuing biometric passports by the end of 2009. On August 11, 2009, the first biometric passport was released for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The e-passport had ...
[3] [4] The commission is mandated by the Constitution for appointments to the services of the Union and All India Services. It is also required to be consulted by the Government in matters relating to appointment, transfer, promotion, and disciplinary matters. The commission reports directly to the President.
The Philippine Consulate General in Nagoya was opened on December 1, 2020, [2] taking over from a previous honorary consulate. [3] Although a resident mission had been requested for many years by members of the local Filipino community, [2] planning for the consulate only began in 2019, when funds for the mission, on the initiative of Senator Loren Legarda, were allocated for its opening.
The Philippine Embassy in Manama is headed by the Philippine ambassador to Bahrain, Anne Jalando-on Louis. Louis, a career diplomat who previously served as consul general at the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney, [6] arrived in Manama on April 19, 2022 to serve as the mission's chargée d'affaires, [7] and was subsequently appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as Ambassador on November ...