Philippine Consulate in Ohio
Ohio is covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago and has a Philippine honorary consulate in Gates Mills, east of Cleveland.
Philippine offices in Ohio
- Philippine Honorary Consulate in Cleveland — 945 Andrews Lane, Gates Mills, OH 44040 · (216) 315-1911 · cleveland.pc.ah@dfa.gov.ph
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.
The consulate with jurisdiction over Ohio
The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago is the Philippine post assigned to Ohio. Its jurisdiction is defined as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin, and appointments booked outside it are not transferable.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Post | Philippine Consulate General in Chicago |
| Address | 122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603 |
| Phone | (312) 583-0621 |
| chicagopcg@att.net | |
| Hours | Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–4:00 PM, by appointment only |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo | Chicago | 241 miles | 4 h 37 min by car |
| Cincinnati | Chicago | 290 miles | 5 h 39 min by car |
| Dayton | Chicago | 291 miles | 5 h 41 min by car |
| Cleveland | Chicago | 345 miles | 6 h 28 min by car |
| Columbus | Chicago | 354 miles | 6 h 48 min by car |
Before you plan the journey
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 Ohio 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.
Set against that, three things cannot be delegated or posted: passport biometrics, the RA 9225 oath, and signing a notarial document in front of a consular officer. For those, the trip is unavoidable.
The Ohio honorary consulate uses an official dfa.gov.ph email address, which makes it one of the more reliably contactable honorary posts in the country. Chicago is around five and a half hours west by road for anything requiring a consular officer.
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