Philippine Consulate in Arkansas
Arkansas is covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Houston, together with Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma. There is no Philippine office inside the state.
Where Arkansas is served from
If you live in Arkansas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | Houston | 454 miles | 8 h 35 min by car |
| Fort Smith | Houston | 522 miles | 9 h 25 min by car |
| Fayetteville | Houston | 579 miles | 10 h 22 min by car |
From Fayetteville that is 10 h 22 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
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 Arkansas 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.
Little Rock to Houston is around seven hours by road, so it is worth being sure a trip is necessary. Most of what Arkansas residents search for — PSA certificates, apostilles, NBI clearances — is handled without a consulate.
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