Feature: Camarines Sur benefits from DFA, NSO services

by CR Fernandez

Pili, Camarines Sur (14 August) — The National Statistics Office (NSO) service unit detailed at the provincial capitol building here has achieved its initial 100 documents processed on its 3rd week of operations.

The services provided by the NSO have complemented the Mobile Passport Servicing (MPS) carried out by personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Consular Office based in Legazpi City.

The MPS has laid the coordinative efforts in order for NSO to immediately address the common problem encountered by individuals bound for travel abroad who are unnecessarily delayed by flaws in their birth and marriage documents, these being indispensable requirements in securing a passport.

Nonetheless, the NSO service unit would serve as a service conduit for those with similar concerns with the agency.

The MPS is initiated by Gov. Luis Ray Villafuerte and now among the “frontline services” of the provincial government, through the Camarines Sur Employment Center (CSEC).

Slated every first and third Monday and Tuesday of every month, NSO personnel caters to locals who need authentication of their birth and marital documents at the provincial capitol building in a more cozy and relaxed condition, a far cry from the scenario at its Naga Office where a long line of people await their turn under the searing heat of the sun or inclement weather condition.

Thus, it is expected that more and more constituents of CamSur would opt to have their documents processed by the NSO at the provincial capitol building as more and more people come to know of its services, just as more and more people are availing of the MPS at the same venue.

The DFA has processed a total of 1,931 passports from January to August, this year.

As an indispensable component of its program on providing assistance to its constituents in landing jobs either locally or abroad, the provincial government assures that NSO servicing here will be maintained. (MMEC/PIA)