Press Release 159-2012

07 October 2012

The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh announces its schedule for outreach consular services missions, also known as the “Embassy on Wheels”, for the calendar year 2013. 

The Embassy will adhere to the schedule provided that the venues and dates are approved by the host government for each outreach consular mission.

The Embassy has scheduled mobile consular trips to Al Khobar once a month. 

In order to reach out to outlaying areas in the Kingdom, it has also scheduled one trip each to Al Jouf/Sakaka, Hail, Wadi Dawaser, Hofuf, Jubail, Ras Tanura, Al Khafji, Hafar Al Baten, Arar and two trips to Buraydah and one trip to Sana’a, Yemen which is under the Embassy’s jurisdiction.

All applicants for renewal must schedule an appointment for the renewal of the passport through the Embassy’s website www.philembassy-riyadh.org.  The online appointment system allows the passport applicant to choose the date and time of their preferred appointment.  After successful booking of appointment an applicant will receive confirmation on their e-mail sent by the system.

Schedule of Consular Outreach Services 2013

(30 May 2013) The appointments for outreach to Al-Khobar are all currently full until December.  The only alternative at this time is to travel to Riyadh after obtaining an appointment online.  A future advisory will be issued in case of additional outreach or alternative arrangements.             

             *Month of Ramadan (Tentatively 04 July – 02 August 2013)

 UPDATE

Press Release No. 007 - 2013

23 January 2013

Embassy Revises Schedule of

Mobile Consular Services for Al-Khobar to Accommodate Increased Demand

In order to meet the high demand for passport renewals in the Eastern Region,   the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh announces its revised schedule for outreach consular services missions to Al Khobar, also known as the “Embassy on Wheels”, for 2013.

The Embassy has added four (4) additional schedules of Embassy on Wheels (EOW) in Al Khobar on the following dates: 14-15 February, 7-8 March, 21-22 March, and 18-19 April.  This is in addition to the previously scheduled consular outreach missions.

Applicants with appointments for the months of February until July 2013 will be re-scheduled to earlier appointment dates. 

Below is the new appointment schedule of the EOWs in Al Khobar:

*additional EOW dates

The applicants who will be affected by the revised schedule will be informed by the Embassy through their e-mail addresses and cellphone contact details. 

With this revised schedule and additional 4 EOWs, the appointment slots for the consular outreach on 25-26 April, 23-24 May, 27-28 June, and 11-12 July will be considered open.  The online appointment system will be soon amended to allow for online appointments on these dates.###