PH EMBASSY IN NAIROBI CONDUCTS CONSULAR MISSION AND OVERSEAS VOTER REGISTRATION IN TANZANIA

The Philippine Embassy team with the Filipino community in Tanzania.

DAR ES SALAAM, 08 May 2023 - The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi conducted its first consular outreach mission for 2023 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 07 May 2023.

The Embassy team, composed of Vice Consul Louie Dane C. Merced and Attachés Marco Antonio Angelo S. Santos and Jose D. Aguilera, provided passport, civil registry, authentication, and other consular services, and facilitated the registration of overseas voters for the 2025 Philippine elections.

The Embassy team, with the support of the Filipino community organizations Filipino Community in Tanzania and Kaibigan – Filipino Association in Tanzania, also took the opportunity to check on the situation of Filipinos working in Tanzania, many of whom are in the services, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors. There is also a growing number of Filipino religious missionaries in the country.

While as part of its Gender and Development (GAD) outreach, the Embassy team disseminated materials on GAD-related developments and policies of the Philippine Government, including Republic Act 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act.

Dar es Salaam, a city of around seven million people and located along the coast of the Indian Ocean, is the former capital of Tanzania and continues to be the country's main commercial hub. 

There are around 300 Filipinos in Tanzania. END

The Embassy team provided passport services to Filipinos in Tanzania.

The Embassy team facilitated the transfer of voting registration of Filipino nationals who
have recently moved to Tanzania.