Philippine Consulate in Mississippi
Mississippi is served by the Philippine Consulate General in Houston. The nearest Philippine office of any kind is the honorary consulate in Metairie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans.
Your Philippine post: Houston
If you live in Mississippi, your applications go to the Philippine Consulate General in Houston. The same post also covers Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas — one office for the whole district.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport | Houston | 416 miles | 7 h 47 min by car |
| Biloxi | Houston | 428 miles | 8 h 2 min by car |
| Jackson | Houston | 455 miles | 8 h 27 min by car |
| Southaven | Houston | 599 miles | 11 h 7 min by car |
From Southaven that is 11 h 7 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.
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 Mississippi 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.
From Jackson, New Orleans is under three hours and Houston about six. The honorary consulate cannot issue a passport, but it is a far shorter drive for a first conversation.
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