Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco
A passport booking needs a Gmail or Yahoo address: the consulate’s appointment terms say so. Dual citizenship is booked on a separate page.
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is at 447 Sutter Street, 6th floor. The Consulate Finder gives it Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Northern California, with each county listed by name, and Northern Nevada, Carson City included.
How to book an appointment at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
San Francisco's page sends passport applicants to passport.gov.ph, the DFA's Global Online Appointment System.
San Francisco's appointment terms say a passport booking needs a valid Gmail or Yahoo address, because the confirmation goes there.
Dual citizenship is booked at pcgsanfrancisco.as.me/dual: you pick a date and time, enter your details and confirm by email.
Its honorary consulates page lists three offices, in Denver, Portland and Anchorage. Oregon and Alaska are in Seattle's district on the Consulate Finder, so phone before relying on the Portland or Anchorage office for a Seattle matter.
How to cancel an appointment at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
For a passport booking, passport.gov.ph says: to reschedule, do not cancel; go back and choose "Manage Existing Appointment". A cancelled appointment cannot be restored or rescheduled.
San Francisco's own terms ask you to cancel the old appointment before booking a new one: with several bookings for the same service, the earliest is cancelled and only the latest is kept.
Getting to the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
The address the Consulate Finder gives is 447 Sutter Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108.
This site has pages for seventeen cities in San Francisco's district without a Philippine office of their own.
By road, the closest is Oakland (10 miles, 20 min) and the furthest is Colorado Springs (1,322 miles, 22 h 50 min), at posted speed limits and without traffic.
Real reviews of the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
The San Francisco consulate has 4.4 stars from 1,696 reviews on Google. Recent reviewers describe the online application before booking and short passport appointments; the 1-star ones describe long waits after check-in and unanswered calls.
A big improvement on four years ago. My Report of Birth was processed seven days after I mailed it, and the passport appointment took about ten minutes.
J C.
We came for notarials and my mother's dual citizenship. Filling in the online application before booking saves a lot of time, and the website has the requirements, though a video guide would help.
C F.
I arrived early for an 11:30 passport renewal, checked in at the kiosk and waited about an hour and a half to be called. The renewal itself took fifteen minutes.
Jal L.
Opening hours of the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
Monday to Friday except holidays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; consular services 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with no noon break.
Phone number of the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco
The number on San Francisco's pages is (415) 433-6666.
For emergencies it lists (415) 269-2090, emergency; (415) 748-9888, ATN hotline.
Its pages give [email protected] for written questions.
Google's listing for the office shows (415) 433-6666, one of those numbers.
What this office handles in San Francisco
On its schedule of fees, San Francisco lists these amounts for the main services.
- New or renewed ePassport: $60
- Replacement of a lost ePassport: $150
- Travel document: $30
- Dual citizenship, principal applicant: $50
- Dual citizenship, each derivative: $25
- Report of Birth: $25
- Notarial acknowledgment or affidavit: $25
This page copies seven of the amounts on the full schedule, which lists more services.
Honorary consulates under this office, according to San Francisco's own list: Broomfield, Colorado (Denver); Portland, Oregon; and Anchorage, Alaska.
What you can settle without traveling
Several procedures need no visit to San Francisco.
- The NBI clearance fingerprints: The NBI’s page for applicants abroad accepts the rolled fingerprints from a Philippine embassy, a consular office or the nearest police station, and the form then goes to the NBI by mail.
- A 9(a) visa for a foreign spouse or friend: The Embassy’s fee table has a section for e-Visa online applications, with a $25 convenience fee on top of the visa fee.
- PSA certificates: Birth, marriage and death certificates and the CENOMAR come from the Philippine Statistics Authority. PSAHelpline.ph takes orders from abroad and prepares them for a courier that you arrange.
- An apostille: American public documents for use in the Philippines are apostilled by the US office that has authority over them, usually a Secretary of State. The Chicago and Los Angeles consulates say they stopped authenticating them in May 2019.