A little over one month since the start of OAV registration, more than five thousand have registered as overseas absentee voters.
As of December 5, 2011, the total number of overseas Filipinos who registered as overseas absentee voters (OAV) have reached 5,438 with Dubai registering the most number of registrants – 407 – among the Philippine overseas posts worldwide. Coming in second and third were Tel Aviv (Israel) with 332 and Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) with 305 respectively.
By Region, the Middle East and Africas listed the most number of OAV applicants with 1,675. Europe came second with 1,338 followed by the American with 1,241 and Asia and the Pacific 1,184.
The OAV registration period started November 2, 2011 and will run until October 31, 2012.