Philippine Consulate in Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky is served by the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., not by Chicago, which catches people out given how far west the state reaches. There is no Philippine office in Kentucky.

The consulate that covers Kentucky

Your consulate
Embassy of the Philippines. Consular Section in Washington, D.C.
Address
Chancery Annex, 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone
(202) 467-9300
Email
consular@phembassy-us.org
Hours
Embassy: Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · Consular frontline (appointment required): passports Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, dual citizenship Tue–Fri 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, notarials Mon–Fri 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Also 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
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Fees & requirements
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How far the consulate is from your city

Driving distances to the consulate that covers each city, calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic:

City Consulate Distance Journey
Lexington Washington, D.C. 510 miles 9 h 39 min by car
Louisville Washington, D.C. 582 miles 10 h 57 min by car
Bowling Green Washington, D.C. 663 miles 12 h 28 min by car

From Bowling Green that is 12 h 28 min by car each way, which makes it worth checking the consular outreach schedule before committing to the drive: missions bring passport and dual citizenship services to cities without a consulate, and the appointments are free.

What you do not need a consulate for

Before booking anything, check whether your document involves a consulate at all. Three of the most common ones do not:

The short version: PSA certificates are ordered online from Manila, apostilles on documents issued in Kentucky come from the state's own competent authority, since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them, and the NBI clearance travels by mail; only its fingerprint card needs a consular officer.

The procedures that genuinely need you at a window are the ones where a consular officer has to watch you do something: give fingerprints for a passport, swear the oath of allegiance, or sign a power of attorney.

Louisville to Washington is around nine hours by road. The nearest honorary consulates are in Cleveland and Atlanta, though neither can issue a passport.

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