PRESS RELEASE

Philippine Embassy, Canberra

1 Moonah Place, Yarralumla, ACT 2600
www.philembassy.org.au    *Tel. No. 02-6273-2535*

18 September 2025, DARWIN – The Embassy of the Philippines in Canberra successfully conducted the mobile consular mission in Darwin, Northern Territory from 16 to 18 September 2025. The Embassy processed 64 passport applications, 4 civil registry/notarial documents, and administered the oath of allegiance to 7 Filipinos who reacquired their Filipino citizenship through the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003.

The Embassy team included Vice Consul Angela Kristel Laurente, Ms. Catherine Perez, Mr. Jessie Lucas. Migrant Workers Office Assistant Julienne Cavida also joined the team. Supported by Honorary Consul General Januario John Rivas AM, the mobile consular mission offered essential services to the expanding Filipino community in the Northern Territory, alleviating the need for them to travel to Philippine Foreign Service Posts in Canberra, Sydney, or Melbourne.

The Filipino community remains one of the Northern Territory’s strongest and most active diaspora groups.There are more than 8,000 Filipinos and Australians of Filipino descent in the Northern Territory. -END