PH Consulate General in Vancouver Brings Consular and ATN Services to Kelowna, British Columbia

Consular services available during the outreach were passport renewal, notarials, civil registry, and consularization of NBI clearance application form. (Photos by Vancouver PCG)

KELOWNA, BC 16 April 2025 – The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver conducted its second consular and ATN outreach mission for the year from 12 to 13 April 2025 in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin led the outreach team with the assistance of the Okanagan Filipino-Canadian Society (OFCS). The team provided a total of 371 consular services and administered the oath of dual citizenship to thirty-three (33) former Filipinos.

Messrs. Allan Ignacio (Welfare Officer), Neil Justin A. Nicolas (MWO-Vancouver) and Mr.  Darwin Soria (SSS-Vancouver) joined Vancouver PCG Team in Kelowna, British Columbia to attend to queries from their members, as well as Temporary Foreign Workers, in the area.

The Consulate also took this opportunity to drive registration in PCG Vancouver’s Emergency Response Mapping Registry (VERMAP), which was launched on 01 January 2025 to capture information about Filipinos (including dual citizens) within Post’s jurisdiction to enable the Consulate to reach out to Filipinos living in these areas in times of emergencies.

Kelowna is the sixth largest city in British Columbia.  The 2021 Census puts the number of Filipinos/Filipino Canadians residing in Kelowna at 2,410. END

(Top photo) Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin administers the oath of dual citizenship to returning Filipinos. (Photo by Vancouver PCG)

(Left photo) Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin (center) with the Outreach Mission in Kelowna, BC. (Photo by PCG Vancouver)

(Left photo) The team from the Consulate poses with some of the officers and Board members of the Okanagan Filipino-Canadian Society (OFCS). (Photo by Vancouver PCG)

(Top photo) Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin encourages clients to register in the Vancouver Emergency Response Mapping Registry (VERMAP) and the Philippine Overseas Voting Procedures.  (Photo by PCG Vancouver)

(Top photo) Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin (center) poses with the dual citizenship applicants after their oath taking at the consular outreach mission in Kelowna, BC. (Photo by PCG Vancouver)