Philippine Consulate in Cranston, RI
Cranston does not have its own Philippine consulate. It is served by the Philippine Consulate General in New York, 174 miles away, about 3 h 51 min by road, and every appointment, passport and notarial act for Cranston residents happens there.
Which Philippine consulate serves Cranston
The assignment is by state: the whole of Rhode Island belongs to the consulate in New York, whose district covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The detail, including how far each city in the state is from the consulate, is on the Rhode Island page.
174 miles is 3 h 51 min in each direction, so from Cranston 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.
Three procedures that skip the consulate entirely
Three of the most searched Philippine procedures in the United States are not consular procedures at all:
- PSA certificates: the Philippine Statistics Authority prints them, not the consulate. You order them on the web and they arrive by courier.
- An apostille is issued by the Secretary of State of whichever state produced the document. The consulate stopped authenticating on 15 May 2019.
- NBI clearance is applied for by mail to the Philippines; only the fingerprint card needs a consular officer.
The counter is unavoidable for exactly three things: passport biometrics, the RA 9225 oath and signing a notarial document in front of an officer. Everything else deserves a second look before you drive.
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