Philippine Consulate General in Houston
Notarials in Houston need no appointment: its notarial page says walk-ins are taken first come, first served, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Passports are booked at passport.gov.ph.
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is at 9990 Richmond Avenue, Suite 100N. The Consulate Finder gives it Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
How to book an appointment at the Philippine Consulate in Houston
Passport appointments for Houston are booked on the DFA's Global Online Appointment System, passport.gov.ph, which Houston's own page links.
Its passport page says an appointment is required, and its questions-and-answers section on the same page says walk-in applicants are taken, subject to capacity, once those with appointments have been served.
Notarials need no appointment: walk-ins are taken first come, first served, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Philippine and US holidays.
Its history page says the consulate reopened at this address in 2018 and that it supervises the honorary consul in New Orleans. The same page dates the honorary consulate in Dallas to 2014-2018.
How to cancel an appointment at the Philippine Consulate in Houston
For a passport booking, passport.gov.ph says: to reschedule, do not cancel; go back and choose "Manage Existing Appointment". A cancelled appointment cannot be restored or rescheduled.
There is nothing to cancel for a notarial in Houston: its page takes walk-ins.
Getting to the Philippine Consulate in Houston
The address the Consulate Finder gives is 9990 Richmond Avenue, Suite 100N, Houston, TX 77042.
Of the 23 city pages this site keeps for Houston's district, Austin is the closest by road (153 miles, 2 h 49 min) and Rio Rancho the furthest (867 miles, 15 h 51 min), measured at posted speed limits without traffic.
Real reviews of the Philippine Consulate in Houston
The Houston consulate has 3.8 stars from 445 reviews on Google. Reviewers praise the staff and the outreach missions and complain that the phone goes to an automated message.
The consulate held a two-day outreach in Jackson, Mississippi. For us the drive to Houston is at least eight hours each way, so it saved a lot of people the trip.
Zel D.
I have called the Houston office several times and nobody picks up; it goes to an automated message.
Maria C.
Bring photocopies of your documents. Otherwise they send you across the hall to an insurance agency to make them.
Phu H.
Opening hours of the Philippine Consulate in Houston
Houston's notarial page gives 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Philippine and US holidays, for walk-in notarials. Its contact block gives no general opening hours.
Phone number of the Philippine Consulate in Houston
The Consulate Finder gives Houston three numbers: (346) 293-8773, (832) 668-5139 and (713) 492-0469.
For emergencies it lists (346) 256-4522, duty officer.
Its pages give [email protected] and [email protected] for written questions.
Google's listing for the office shows (346) 293-8773, one of those numbers.
What this office handles in Houston
Houston's about page lists passports, visas, dual citizenship, civil registry reports, notarial and authentication services, travel documents and NBI clearance fingerprinting.
Houston gives these amounts on its passport and notarial pages.
- New or renewed ePassport: $60
- Travel document: $30
- Notarial acknowledgment or affidavit: $25
This page copies three of the amounts on the passport and notarial pages, which list more services.
Accepted payment: cash, a money order payable to "Philippine Consulate General", or a credit card with a convenience fee.
Honorary consulates under this office, according to Houston's about page: Metairie, Louisiana (New Orleans).
What you can settle without traveling
Several procedures need no visit to Houston.
- The NBI clearance fingerprints: The NBI’s page for applicants abroad accepts the rolled fingerprints from a Philippine embassy, a consular office or the nearest police station, and the form then goes to the NBI by mail.
- A 9(a) visa for a foreign spouse or friend: The Embassy’s fee table has a section for e-Visa online applications, with a $25 convenience fee on top of the visa fee.
- PSA certificates: Birth, marriage and death certificates and the CENOMAR come from the Philippine Statistics Authority. PSAHelpline.ph takes orders from abroad and prepares them for a courier that you arrange.
- An apostille: American public documents for use in the Philippines are apostilled by the US office that has authority over them, usually a Secretary of State. The Chicago and Los Angeles consulates say they stopped authenticating them in May 2019.