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PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Republic of the Philippines
Business Hours: Mondays - Fridays 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Philippine Center, Level 1, 27-33 Wentworth Avenue Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
(3 mins. walk from Museum Station)
Email: sydney.pcg@dfa.gov.ph +61415426400 SMS ONLY PLEASE
About Us
The Philippines and Australia established diplomatic ties on 22 May 1946, and in 1947 the Philippine Government established its foreign mission in Sydney. While its current consular jurisdiction is limited to New South Wales, we receive clients from every where in Australia.
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney provides consular services to Philippine citizens, Australians, and other nationals. It is a focal point of the Philippine Government in the state of New South Wales. It enjoys a vibrant partnership with the large Filipino-Australian community in New South Wales, which numbers around 127,000 as of 2018.
THE CONSULATE RECEIVES APPLICATIONS FOR PASSPORTS, NOTARIALS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, NBI CARD FINGERPRINTING, CIVIL REGISTRY, AND OTHER CONSULAR SERVICES. WE ALSO EXTEND ASSISTANCE TO DISTRESSED FILIPINOS AS APPROPRIATE.
PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL OFFICIALS IN SYDNEY
GREG MARIE C. MARIÑO
Consul General
Ms. Greg Marie C. Mariño is a career diplomat with more than twenty years of service in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). She assumed her post as Consul General of the Consulate General of the Philippines in Sydney, Australia on 23 May 2026.
Prior to this assignment, Ms. Mariño was Director then Executive Director of the Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) from 2022 to 2026.
Her first foreign assignment was at the Embassy of the Philippines in Tel Aviv, Israel (2008-2014) where she served as Second Secretary and Consul. From 2016 to 2022, she was assigned at the Embassy of the Philippines in Ottawa, Canada as First Secretary and Consul.
In the Home Office, Ms. Mariño served as Director of HRMO (2014 - 2016) and Assistant Director of the Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) (2006 - 2008).
She earned her Master’s Degree in International Relations from the International University of Japan (2004) and Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University (1999).
Ms. Mariño hails from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
MARIANNE I. BRINGAS
Consul
Ms. Marianne I. Bringas assumed her post as Consul in the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney, Australia on 23 April 2026.
Prior to her assignment in Sydney, she served as Special Assistant in the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration, and as Head of the Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat.
Consul Bringas was previously assigned as Third Secretary and Vice Consul at the Philippine Embassy in The Hague, The Netherlands, and Vice Consul at the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, United Arab Emirates. She also served as an Acting Director in the Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs in the Home Office.
Consul Bringas earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Research and Juris Doctor from the University of the Philippines.
DIANA MARIE D. JIMENEZ-LEOMO
Vice Consul
Vice Consul Diana Marie D. Jimenez-Leomo is the Supervising Officer for Dual Citizenship, Civil Registry, Notarial Services and Overseas Voting. She is also the Focal Person for Cultural and Filipino Community Affairs as well as Gender and Development.
Vice Consul Jimenez-Leomo joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2022 as part of the Strategic Communications Unit of the Department's Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy, where she helped convey the Philippine position on various situations and developments to concerned publics.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she worked with the Space Business Development Division of the Philippine Space Agency, helping establish networks between the Agency and key players in the space industry. An advocate for the use of technology for inclusive growth, she has also worked as a project manager at the Innovation Council of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology and in several AI-technology start-ups. She also worked with DreamStart Labs, the developer of DreamSave, a FinTech app for informal community banks and savings groups, where she helped the pilot roll out of the app to savings groups in Manila. She holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, both from the University of the Philippines.
