Philippine Consulate in Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is served by the consular section of the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. There is no Philippine office in the state, and the Embassy's list of honorary consulates has none in Alabama.

Your consulate at a glance

Address
Chancery Annex, 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone
(202) 467-9300
Hours
Embassy: Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · Consular frontline (appointment required): passports Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, dual citizenship Tue–Fri 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, notarials Mon–Fri 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Also covers
Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and most of the Caribbean

How far the consulate is from your city

Driving distances to the consulate that covers each city, calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic:

City Consulate Distance Journey
Huntsville Washington, D.C. 697 miles 12 h 59 min by car
Birmingham Washington, D.C. 742 miles 13 h 41 min by car
Montgomery Washington, D.C. 800 miles 15 h 8 min by car
Mobile Washington, D.C. 967 miles 18 h 9 min by car

From Mobile that is 18 h 9 min by car each way, which makes it worth checking the consular outreach schedule before committing to the drive: missions bring passport and dual citizenship services to cities without a consulate, and the appointments are free.

Three procedures that never reach a counter

Three of the most searched Philippine procedures in the United States are not consular procedures at all, and knowing that is worth more than knowing the opening hours:

The short version: PSA certificates are ordered online from Manila, apostilles on documents issued in Alabama come from the state's own competent authority, since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them, and the NBI clearance travels by mail; its fingerprints can be taken at a consulate or at a police station, according to the NBI.

Set against that, two things cannot be delegated or posted: passport biometrics and the RA 9225 oath. A notarial document can go either way, signed at the consulate or before a local notary with an apostille, according to the notarial page of the Chicago consulate.

By road, Huntsville is 697 miles from the consular section and Mobile 967, so the Embassy's outreach missions are worth tracking: its site has announced missions in Jacksonville, Florida, and in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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