Philippine Consulate in Vancouver, WA
Vancouver does not have its own Philippine consulate. It is served by the Philippine Consulate General in Seattle, 165 miles away, about 3 h 14 min by road, and every appointment, passport and notarial act for Vancouver residents happens there.
Which Philippine consulate serves Vancouver
Every Philippine procedure for a Washington resident goes through Seattle: its district is Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Distances from the other cities in the state are on the Washington page.
165 miles is 3 h 14 min in each direction, so from Vancouver 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 Vancouver without travelling
The most common wasted journey in this system is for a document the consulate cannot produce. There are three of them:
- PSA documents, the security-paper certificates everything else depends on, are ordered online and shipped internationally.
- Apostilles on American documents come from the issuing state’s competent authority. Since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them.
- The NBI clearance is issued in the Philippines. The consulate’s only part is notarising your fingerprint card.
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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