Philippine Consulates in Quebec
Quebec's 44,000-strong Filipino community, most of it in Montreal, has no consulate of its own: the whole province reports to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, two hours up Highway 417 from Montreal.
Google still shows a stale listing for a consulate general on Boulevard Robert-Bourassa, a leftover from an office that no longer operates.
Which post serves Quebec
The post that serves Quebec is the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa; its territory also takes in Ottawa-Gatineau Capital Region, Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut.
Distances from Quebec
| City | Post | Road distance | Driving time* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatineau | Ottawa | 2 km | 3 min |
| Laval | Ottawa | 187 km | 2 h 24 min |
| Longueuil | Ottawa | 214 km | 2 h 46 min |
| Montreal | Ottawa | 199 km | 2 h 31 min |
| Quebec City | Ottawa | 444 km | 5 h 41 min |
| Saguenay | Ottawa | 645 km | 8 h 13 min |
| Sherbrooke | Ottawa | 342 km | 4 h 26 min |
| Trois-Rivieres | Ottawa | 316 km | 4 h 1 min |
*At posted speed limits and without traffic; real trips run longer. "By air" means there is no road.
What you can do without leaving Quebec
What follows needs no appointment and no travel:
- NBI clearance renewal, former holders reorder online with no fingerprints and no consulate
- Appointment booking, every post runs its own online system, one slot per applicant
- eTravel registration, the arrival form every traveller files online within 72 hours of flying
- Dual citizenship by mail, Toronto accepts the RA 9225 application by post until the oath
The eleven procedure guides
Fees in Canadian dollars, the eight-to-ten-week passport timeline and the 2024 apostille change, one guide per procedure:
- NBI clearance from Canada
- Philippine passport renewal in Canada
- Philippine visa for Canadian travellers
- Philippine dual citizenship under RA 9225 in Canada
- PSA birth certificate and CENOMAR from Canada
- Apostille for Canadian documents used in the Philippines
- Consular notarials and the Special Power of Attorney
- Report of Birth and Report of Marriage in Canada
- The balikbayan privilege for Filipino-Canadians
- Philippine travel document: the one-way emergency paper
- Overseas voting for Filipinos in Canada
The Embassy is close enough that Montrealers can do a morning appointment and be home for dinner, and Ottawa also brings outreach missions into Quebec. For anything that requires biometrics, book the Embassy; for everything that moves by mail or online, no trip is needed at all.
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