A consular team from the Philippine Embassy in Denmark, led by Vice Consul Al-Bari B. Macalawan, and four other personnel, conducted a consular outreach program in Nuuk, Greenland on 07-08 September 2019.

Greenland is the world’s largest island which is located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic  Archipelago. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark with more than 200 Filipinos living and working in the area.

“Nakatipid po kami ng mahigit sa 60,000 DKK (about US$9,200) na pamasahe at gastos kung magbibiyahe po kami sa Copenhagen para magrenew ng passport ng aking pamilya”, according to a very happy Emmanuel Ducay who applied for renewal of his passport together with his three children.

There are eighty-six (86) passport applications, four (4) Reports of Birth, and one (1) notarial processed by the team, a total of ninety-one (91) services rendered, during the two-day outreach. The consular outreach was held in Café Wok, a restaurant owned by a Danish employer who employs eighty (80) Filipinos for his restaurants, grocery stores and cleaning agency on the island.

The consular team was assisted by the members of the Filipino community in Nuuk, Greenland led by Ms. Menerisa Catalan and Ms. Rosalie Acita who helped in the logistical arrangements of the outreach and the meet-and-greet after.

The last consular outreach in Nuuk, Greenland was held in November 2017 by the Philippine Embassy in Oslo, Norway.