Philippine Consulate in Arizona

Arizona belongs to the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, and it is the only entire state in that post's jurisdiction — everything else Los Angeles covers is part of a state, split off by county. The state has its own honorary consulate, in Chandler, in the south-eastern Phoenix metro.

Philippine offices in Arizona

Note what that means. An honorary consulate cannot issue a passport, administer the dual citizenship oath or notarise a document. For those you need the career post below.

Your Philippine post: Los Angeles

All of Arizona is served by the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles. Its consular jurisdiction covers Arizona, Southern Nevada (Nye, Clark and Lincoln counties) and Southern California (Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Kern counties).

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Post Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles
Address 3435 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone (213) 639-0980
Email losangeles.pcg@dfa.gov.ph
Hours Mon–Fri, by appointment · appointment slots open every Monday at 5:00 PM

How far the consulate is from your city

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

City Philippine post Distance Journey
Phoenix Los Angeles 377 miles 6 h 50 min by car
Mesa Los Angeles 393 miles 7 h 11 min by car
Chandler Los Angeles 399 miles 7 h 18 min by car
Tucson Los Angeles 490 miles 8 h 48 min by car

From Tucson that is 8 h 48 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 post, and the appointments are free.

What you do not need a consulate for

A large share of the trips people make to a Philippine consulate were never necessary. These three are handled entirely elsewhere:

  • PSA certificates — birth, marriage, death, CENOMAR — come from the Philippine Statistics Authority and are ordered online.
  • Apostilles on documents issued in Arizona come from the state’s own competent authority. Since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them.
  • NBI clearance is issued in the Philippines and applied for by mail; only the fingerprint card needs a consular officer.

What does require you in person is anything carrying your biometrics or your signature: a passport, the oath of allegiance and a special power of attorney.

Phoenix to Los Angeles is around six hours by car. The Arizona honorary consulate uses an official dfa.gov.ph email address, which makes it a more reliable place than most to confirm whether a document is worth mailing before you drive.

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