Philippine Consulate in Bellevue, WA
Filipinos in Bellevue are covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Seattle, 10 miles away, about 17 min by road. There is no consular office in Bellevue itself, but there is more that can be done from home than most people expect, and it is worth checking before booking anything.
Philippine consulate for Bellevue: which consulate covers it
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.
With 17 min between Bellevue and the counter, the trip itself is barely worth planning. The appointment is the hard part.
What never requires the journey
Check this list first, it covers most of the reasons people book an appointment they did not need:
- PSA certificates: the Philippine Statistics Authority prints them, not the consulate. You order them on the web and they arrive by courier.
- An apostille is issued by the Secretary of State of whichever state produced the document. The consulate stopped authenticating on 15 May 2019.
- 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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