PHILLIPPINE EMBASSY RELOCATED

  • 16/02/2021

Kuwait City : On January 17,the embassy of the Philippines launched a mobile service to extend passport validity only at the Kuwait sports club for the disabled in hawally area during the weekends due to the closure of its headquarters in Al Saddiq area and its relocation to Sabah Al Salem area.


The building of the Kuwait club for the disabled in hawally area  witnessed  severe ongestion due to  many Filipino workers heading there to extend the validity of their passports.This caused confusion and severe pressure on the employees of the headquarters.According to sources the process of extending validity of passports begin with 2200 filipinos. During this weekend 1000 new applications were submitted. The service will continue the coming weekends on February 19,20,26,27. The sources appreciated the kuwaiti authorities for allowing the provision of temporary mobile consular services in the Kuwait club for the disabled,stressing that the embassy requested the support of the Ministry of Interior and some Filipino organisations to manage the place in order to avoid crowding and strictly adhere to the health protocols.

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