In contrast to the Embassy or diplomatic post, which focuses on higher level political representation in the host government’s capital, a Consulate or consular post focuses on assistance to nationals, economic diplomacy, issuance of passports and visas, civil registration, notarials and other legal services, promotion of Philippine culture, and fostering closer relations with the ever-growing Filipino-American community.

The Consulate exercises consular jurisdiction over the following territories:

• Southern California covering the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, and San Luis Obispo
• Southern Nevada covering the counties of Clark, Lincoln and Nye
• State of Arizona (covering all counties)
• State of New Mexico (covering all counties)
• State of Texas (covering all counties)

For information on the jurisdiction of other Philippine Posts in the United States, click here.

To perform its tasks within its jurisdiction, the Consulate is organized into the following sections:

1) Office of the Consul General (OCG) - As office of the Head of Post, this section shall provide leadership and management for the Philippine Team in the US Southwest, in the performance of which task the Section Heads shall also assist. Integrated into this office are the administrative, fiscal and frontline personnel to provide staff support and handle all matters having to do with administration, protocol, finance, records, property and the provision of frontline services to walk-in clients--particularly, but not limited to--those needing passports and notarials.

2) Cultural Promotions and Community Relations (CPCR) Section – To manage the library as a cultural resource, promote cultural relations between the Philippines and the state/local governments within the Consulate's area of jurisdiction, and to coordinate activities and relations with the Filipino-American community.

3) Economic Diplomacy & Visas (EDV) Section – To undertake the promotion of trade and investments (in coordination with the Trade Representative in San Francisco) as well as the promotion of tourism (in coordination with the Tourism Representative in Los Angeles); to gather pertinent and needed information on threats and opportunities affecting Philippine trade, investments and tourism; and to facilitate (while implementing visa rules) the travel to the Philippines of tourists, business people, transients, seamen, foreign government officials, students, treaty traders, pre-arranged employees, special non-immigrants, and immigrants, whether non-quota or quota.

4) Information, Communications & Press Relations (ICPR) Section – To maintain and continually update the Consulate's website; to ensure the public responsiveness of the telephone and mailing systems; to handle communications with the home government--particularly those of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Philippine Foreign Service Posts--as well as communications with the host government, in particular the state/local governments of the Consulate's jurisdiction; and to prepare press releases, manage press conferences and otherwise take care of the Consulate's relations with mass media, both mainstream and Filipino-American.

5) Legal and Assistance to Nationals (LATN) Section – To handle all legal matters, whether by instructions from Manila or occasioned by queries from citizens, be they natural or juridical persons; and to handle all cases of assistance to nationals in distress or other cases of assistance or facilitation for the interests of Filipino citizens--which assistance/facilitation cases are not by nature covered under economic diplomacy or under categories integral to the work of other sections.

6) Notarials and Registration of Nationals (NRON) Section – To issue authentications, notarials, certifications and related papers; perform the duties of the local civil registrar relating to births, marriages, deaths and other matters affecting the status of Filipinos; and register nationals in accordance with foreign service regulations and other laws, and issue identification or registration cards as might be needed as a consequence of such registration.

7) Passports and Travel Documents (PTD) Section – To issue passports and travel documents in implementation of citizenship, passports and related laws.

Represented in an organizational chart, the Office would appear as follows:

Our address is 3600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90010, with telephone number (213) 639-0980 to 85 / fax number (213) 639-0990/e-mail: losangelespcg@earthlink.net. Consular service hours is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Please click here: Getting to the Consulate to secure directions and maps on how to get to the Office.