Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver

The Consulate General at Suite 660, 999 Canada Place shares the waterfront complex with the cruise terminal and the convention centre, which makes it the easiest Philippine post in Canada to reach by transit: Waterfront Station is across the street.

Established in 1956, it is also the oldest, and it covers British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a jurisdiction that runs from the Lower Mainland suburbs where most of BC's 174,000 Filipinos live to Yellowknife, 1,800 km of road away.

Contacting the Vancouver office

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Vancouver quotes the longest passport timeline of the Canadian posts, eight to ten weeks from biometrics to release, because every booklet is printed in Manila and shipped back.

Factor that in before booking flights: the post itself advises applying while your current passport still has nine months left.

What the Vancouver office handles

The counter here handles the full consular menu, and for three provinces' worth of people it is the only one that does.

• Passports, new and renewals, CAD 93, printed in Manila in eight to ten weeks
• Travel documents, the one-way emergency paper, CAD 46.50
• 9(a) visas for stays beyond the visa-free 30 days, from CAD 46.50
• Dual citizenship under RA 9225, CAD 77.50 plus 38.75 per dependent
• Notarials, CAD 38.75 per document, personal appearance required
• Civil registry reports of births, marriages and deaths in its own territory, CAD 38.75

What you can do without coming in

The application is usually the easy half; these skip the queue entirely.

• Appointment booking, slots open online and each applicant, minors included, books their own
• eTravel registration, done on a phone in the 72 hours before departure
• Dual citizenship by mail, photocopies, the signed form and a bank draft reach Toronto by courier
• Apostille, provincial authorities and Global Affairs Canada attach it by mail