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OFFICE HOURS

AMBASSADOR'S MESSAGE

PHOTO FEATURE

Consular Section:

9:30am-4:00pm

During the first Sunday of the Month

1:00pm- 4:00pm

The Philippine Embassy
4 Hameau de Boulainvilliers
45 rue du Ranelagh
75016 Paris, France

Philippine Permanent
Delegation to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75015 Paris, France

Embassy Newsletter

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The public is informed that the Embassy will be closed for business on 05, 06 and 09 April 2012 in observance of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Araw ng Kagitingan, respectively. Regular business hours shall resume on 10 April 2012, Tuesday.

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The public is enjoined to watch the award-winning Filipino film "Busong".

The film is showing at
MK2 Beaubourg:
Everyday at 11h25
(starting 26 March 2012)
50 rue Rambuteau 75003 Paris

Reflet Medicis:
Everyday at 21h50
(starting 26 March 2012)
3 rue Champollion 75005 Paris

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We wish to inform the public that with the activation of the Electronic Passport system (Epassport), you no longer need to secure passport-size photographs from outside sources when applying or renewing your passports. Under the new system, your passport photographs, together with your biometrics, will be captured electronically by the new Epassport system at the Consular Section of the Embassy.

I wish to warmly welcome you to the official website of the Philippine Embassy in Paris.

This website provides downloadable information on consular matters, such as, issuance and renewal of passports, authentication/legalization of documents, issuance of visas, civil registration, and assistance to Filipino nationals residing under the Embassy’s jurisdiction.

The website also contains concise information on Philippine places of interest, trade and investment opportunities, as well as, links to other Philippine government agencies.

I take this opportunity to thank the selfless volunteers who kindly assisted us in establishing this website, which aims to enhance theEmbassy’s ability to reach out and provide efficient service to our Kababayans based in France and Monaco, and to provide updated information about the Philippines.

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have questions, comments and suggestions to improve this website.

Enjoy browsing and mabuhay!

Philippine Ambassador to France presents credentials to His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco

Her Excellency Cristina G. Ortega, presented her credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines to the Principality of Monaco, to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, on 31 January 2012, in official ceremonies at the Palais de Monaco. Ambassador Ortega was accompanied at the event by Philippine Honorary Consul General to Monaco, Dr. Stephen Zuellig.

During the private audience with the Prince, Ambassador Ortega conveyed the greetings of President Benigno S. Aquino and the Filipino people, and thanked His Serene Highness for the warm hospitality accorded to Filipinos who have made Monaco their second home. At present, around413 Filipinos work in Monaco, 118 of whom are residents of the Principality.

Likewise, Ambassador Ortega expressed to the Prince the great appreciation of the Filipino people for the charitable works of AMADE in the Philippines, through its partner organization Virlanie Foundation. AMADE is a non-profit child-advocacy organization that the Prince’s mother, Princess Grace founded in 1963. Together with Virlanie, AMADE funds research for various illnesses and provides assistance to children who are victims of abuse and exploitation, including a shelter center for teenage mothers in Manila.

Ambassador Ortega also conveyed to Prince Albert II that the Philippines would be honored to welcome him again to the Philippines. Prince Albert II first made an official visit to the Philippines in 1999, at the invitation of then President Joseph E. Estrada, during which the Prince opened the Monegasque Consulate in the Philippines. The Prince responded that he would seriously consider the invitation.

Of particular interest to the Prince was the issue of environment. He spoke about the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI), which he said brings together different actors committed to sustainable management and preservation of the oceans, and which will be featured in this year’s Yeosu International Exposition in Korea. Ambassador Ortega informed the Prince that environment issues, including marine protection and biodiversity, were important priorities for the Philippines. She also noted that the Philippine was one of the six countries involved in the Coral Triangle Initiative, which aims to protect a vast ocean expanse that has the world’s greatest density of marine life, from the impact of global warming.

The Philippines and Monaco officially established diplomatic relations on 15 December 2006. Consular relations, however, started much earlier, on 18 October 1954.