Philippine Consulate in Texas
Texas is home to the Philippine Consulate General in Houston, which serves six states across the Gulf and the Southwest, and to a Philippine honorary consulate in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. It is the only state in the country with two Philippine offices.
Philippine offices in Texas
- Philippine Consulate General in Houston — 9990 Richmond Avenue, Suite 100N, Houston, TX 77042 · (346) 293-8773 · (832) 668-5139 · (713) 492-0469 · houston.pcg@dfa.gov.ph
- Philippine Honorary Consulate in Dallas — 8315 Navisota Drive, Lantana, TX 76226 · (940) 728-2222 · ethelrmercado@philhonconsulatetx.org
Where Texas is served from
All of Texas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | Houston | 153 miles | 2 h 49 min by car |
| San Antonio | Houston | 186 miles | 3 h 17 min by car |
| Corpus Christi | Houston | 201 miles | 3 h 57 min by car |
| Dallas | Houston | 247 miles | 4 h 24 min by car |
| Fort Worth | Houston | 262 miles | 4 h 45 min by car |
| El Paso | Houston | 736 miles | 12 h 9 min by car |
From El Paso that is 12 h 9 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.
What you do not need a consulate for
A large share of the trips people make to a Philippine consulate were never necessary. These three are handled entirely elsewhere:
- PSA certificates — birth, marriage, death, CENOMAR — come from the Philippine Statistics Authority and are ordered online.
- Apostilles on documents issued in Texas 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.
They are not interchangeable. Passports, dual citizenship oaths and consular notarisation happen in Houston; the honorary consulate in Lantana is a community and liaison office. From El Paso, Houston is a twelve-hour drive.
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