Philippine Consulate in Davenport, IA
Filipinos in Davenport are covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, 173 miles away, about 3 h 26 min by road. There is no consular office in Davenport itself, but there is more that can be done from home than most people expect, and it is worth checking before booking anything.
Philippine consulate for Davenport: which consulate covers it
The assignment is by state: the whole of Iowa belongs to the consulate in Chicago, whose district covers Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The detail, including how far each city in the state is from the consulate, is on the Iowa page.
173 miles is 3 h 26 min in each direction, so from Davenport this is a full day committed to one appointment. Worth being certain the appointment is the right one, at the right consulate, with every document in hand.
What you can settle from Davenport without travelling
Three of the most searched Philippine procedures in the United States are not consular procedures at all:
- PSA documents, the security-paper certificates everything else depends on, are ordered online and shipped internationally.
- Apostilles: if anyone tells you to get a document "red ribboned" at the consulate, that advice predates 2019 and no longer works.
- NBI clearance is applied for by mail to the Philippines; only the fingerprint card needs a consular officer.
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.
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