Philippine Consulate in Madison, WI
Filipinos in Madison are covered by the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, 148 miles away, about 2 h 58 min by road. There is no consular office in Madison itself, but there is more that can be done from home than most people expect, and it is worth checking before booking anything.
Which Philippine consulate serves Madison
The assignment is by state: the whole of Wisconsin belongs to the consulate in Chicago, whose district covers Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The detail, including how far each city in the state is from the consulate, is on the Wisconsin page.
The distance from Madison, 148 miles, 2 h 58 min, puts this in the category of trips you make once and want to make count. Most people who end up repeating it were missing a PSA document.
What never requires the journey
The most common wasted journey in this system is for a document the consulate cannot produce. There are three of them:
- 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 on American documents come from the issuing state’s competent authority. Since 15 May 2019 the consulate cannot authenticate them.
- For an NBI clearance the whole file travels by mail; a consular officer only witnesses the fingerprint card.
The counter is unavoidable for exactly three things: passport biometrics, the RA 9225 oath and signing a notarial document in front of an officer. Everything else deserves a second look before you drive.
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