Philippine Consulate in Arlington, VA
There is no Philippine consulate in Arlington. The office with jurisdiction is the Embassy of the Philippines. Consular Section in Washington, D.C., 4 miles away, about 9 min by road. This page covers what that means in practice: when the trip is unavoidable, and which procedures can be settled from Arlington without it.
Philippine consulate for Arlington: which consulate covers it
The assignment is by state: the whole of Virginia belongs to the consulate in Washington, D.C., whose district covers 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. The detail, including how far each city in the state is from the consulate, is on the Virginia page.
With 9 min between Arlington and the counter, the trip itself is barely worth planning. The appointment is the hard part.
Before you plan the trip from Arlington
Three of the most searched Philippine procedures in the United States are not consular procedures at all:
- Your PSA birth certificate or CENOMAR has to come from Manila. No consular office in this country can print one, and every other procedure asks for it.
- Apostilles: if anyone tells you to get a document "red ribboned" at the consulate, that advice predates 2019 and no longer works.
- NBI clearance: posted to Manila, returned by post. Do not send the application to a consulate, it will not be processed there.
What does require appearing in person is anything biometric or signed: a passport, the oath of allegiance and a special power of attorney signed before a consular officer.
philippineconsulates.us is an independent information guide to the Philippine consulates in the United States. We are not the Philippine Consulate General, the Philippine Embassy or any government agency. We do not book, sell or manage appointments: every consulate runs its own system. We check the details regularly, but they can change without notice, always confirm with the consulate before you travel.