Philippine Consulate in Louisiana
Louisiana is covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Houston and has a Philippine honorary consulate in Metairie, just outside New Orleans. The Filipino presence in southern Louisiana is one of the oldest in the country, going back to the Manila Village settlements in Barataria Bay in the nineteenth century.
Philippine offices in Louisiana
- Philippine Honorary Consulate in New Orleans — 6660 Riverside Drive, Suite 102, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 533-9822
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.
Which Philippine consulate covers Louisiana
All of Louisiana is served by the Philippine Consulate General in Houston. Its consular jurisdiction covers Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Post | Philippine Consulate General in Houston |
| Address | 9990 Richmond Avenue, Suite 100N, Houston, TX 77042 |
| Phone | (346) 293-8773 · (832) 668-5139 · (713) 492-0469 |
| houston.pcg@dfa.gov.ph | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | Houston | 231 miles | 4 h 23 min by car |
| Shreveport | Houston | 257 miles | 5 h 11 min by car |
| Baton Rouge | Houston | 282 miles | 5 h 19 min by car |
| New Orleans | Houston | 362 miles | 6 h 51 min by car |
Before you plan the journey
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:
- PSA certificates — birth, marriage, death, CENOMAR — come from the Philippine Statistics Authority and are ordered online.
- Apostilles on documents issued in Louisiana 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.
Everything else, though, is worth the journey precisely because it cannot be done any other way — passport biometrics, the oath, and a signature on a special power of attorney witnessed in person.
A correction worth making: several official Philippine pages still list Louisiana under Chicago. Under the current jurisdiction map published by the Embassy in Washington it is Houston, and Houston's own site confirms that it supervises the honorary consul in New Orleans.
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