Philippine Consulate in North Carolina
North Carolina is served by the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. The state has a growing Filipino community around the Research Triangle and the military bases, but no Philippine office of its own.
The consulate with jurisdiction over North Carolina
The Embassy of the Philippines — Consular Section in Washington, D.C. is the Philippine post assigned to North Carolina. Its jurisdiction is defined as 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, and appointments booked outside it are not transferable.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Post | Embassy of the Philippines — Consular Section in Washington, D.C. |
| Address | Chancery Annex, 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 |
| Phone | (202) 467-9300 |
| consular@phembassy-us.org | |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | Washington, D.C. | 259 miles | 4 h 58 min by car |
| Raleigh | Washington, D.C. | 262 miles | 5 h 17 min by car |
| Greensboro | Washington, D.C. | 310 miles | 5 h 59 min by car |
| Fayetteville | Washington, D.C. | 321 miles | 6 h 1 min by car |
| Charlotte | Washington, D.C. | 397 miles | 7 h 38 min by car |
Three procedures that never reach a counter
Before booking anything, check whether your document involves a consulate at all. Three of the most common ones do not:
- PSA certificates — birth, marriage, death, CENOMAR — come from the Philippine Statistics Authority and are ordered online.
- Apostilles on documents issued in North Carolina 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.
Raleigh to Washington is around four and a half hours by road, which makes North Carolina one of the better-placed states in the Embassy's large South East district.
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