Philippine Consulate in Newark, NJ
Filipinos in Newark are covered by the Philippine Consulate General in New York, 14 miles away, about 29 min by road. There is no consular office in Newark itself, but there is more that can be done from home than most people expect, and it is worth checking before booking anything.
Where Newark is served from
Every Philippine procedure for a New Jersey resident goes through New York: its district is Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Distances from the other cities in the state are on the New Jersey page.
With 29 min between Newark and the counter, the trip itself is barely worth planning. The appointment is the hard part.
Three procedures that skip the consulate entirely
Three of the most searched Philippine procedures in the United States are not consular procedures at all:
- Your PSA birth certificate or CENOMAR has to come from Manila. No consular office in this country can print one, and every other procedure asks for it.
- Apostilles: if anyone tells you to get a document "red ribboned" at the consulate, that advice predates 2019 and no longer works.
- 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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