Philippine Consulate in Birmingham, AL
If you searched for the Philippine consulate in Birmingham, the short answer is that there isn't one: jurisdiction sits with the Embassy of the Philippines. Consular Section in Washington, D.C., and 742 miles away, about 13 h 41 min by road. The longer answer, which matters more, is that you may not need to make that trip at all.
Which Philippine consulate serves Birmingham
Jurisdiction runs by state, and Alabama, all of it, is assigned to Washington, D.C.. The same consulate 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. See the Alabama page for the rest of the state's cities and distances.
From Birmingham the consulate is 742 miles and 13 h 41 min away by road, far enough that most residents wait for an outreach mission instead, and are right to.
Watch for consular outreach missions before committing to the full journey. Consulates travel to underserved cities with passport biometrics and dual citizenship ceremonies; the appointments cost nothing, and for somewhere this far from the consulate a mission is usually the practical route. How they are booked is in the appointment guide.
Before you plan the trip from Birmingham
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 on American documents come from the issuing state’s competent authority. Since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them.
- 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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