Philippine Consulate in Delaware
Delaware is part of the New York consular district, not the Washington one, which surprises people given how close Wilmington is to the capital. The Philippine Consulate General in New York handles all of it.
The consulate with jurisdiction over Delaware
Responsibility for Delaware sits with the Philippine Consulate General in New York, whose district takes in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. That is the only post that can process your application, whatever another office may be nearer.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Post | Philippine Consulate General in New York |
| Address | 556 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10036 |
| Phone | (212) 764-1330 |
| Hours | Mon–Fri, by appointment |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | New York | 126 miles | 2 h 43 min by car |
| Newark | New York | 134 miles | 2 h 53 min by car |
| Dover | New York | 168 miles | 3 h 32 min by car |
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 Delaware 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.
The procedures that genuinely need you at a window are the ones where a consular officer has to watch you do something: give fingerprints for a passport, swear the oath of allegiance, or sign a power of attorney.
Wilmington to New York is under two hours by rail. It is worth knowing that the border of this jurisdiction runs right past Washington: Maryland, just across the line, belongs to the Embassy instead.
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