Philippine Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City: Address & Hours 2026

The Philippine consular office in Ho Chi Minh City is at 998 Dong Van Cong Street (Thanh My Loi – Cat Lai area, former Thu Duc City), phone +84 28 3518 0045. According to the Philippine Embassy’s website it receives documents 08:30–11:30 and releases them in the afternoon, Monday to Friday. In July 2026 the Philippine DFA announced that a Consul General had received the exequatur to head the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City – the contact point for the large Filipino community in the south. Info Travel, with its office in Ho Chi Minh City, helps Filipinos with visas, temporary residence cards, visa transfers to new passports, apostilles and notarised translations – WhatsApp +84327828822.

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Contact details of the Philippine Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City

Item	Details
Address	998 Dong Van Cong Street, Thanh My Loi Ward (former District 2), Ho Chi Minh City – Google Maps now shows Cat Lai Ward
Phone	+84 28 3518 0045; fax +84 28 3518 0047
Email	Listed on the contact page of the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi
Website	No separate site – use hanoipe.dfa.gov.ph/contact-us
Opening hours	Monday – Friday (except holidays): receiving 08:30–11:30; releasing 13:00–17:00 per the embassy site (Google Maps shows 13:30–16:30)
Jurisdiction	Southern provinces (official list not published)

Status note: the embassy’s contact page still describes the office as an Honorary Consulate General headed by Honorary Consul General Le Thi Phung. The DFA’s 21 July 2026 release on a career Consulate General suggests a transition is under way, so the address may change – phone to confirm before travelling.

Consular services for Filipino citizens

The Ho Chi Minh City office receives and releases applications for Filipinos and foreign residents in the south. Visitor feedback shows it accepts Philippine visa applications and related papers such as invitation letters, with requirements explained by email. Typical requests:

consular applications listed by the embassy (certificates, attestations, notarials) – check the requirements on the Hanoi website;
help for nationals in distress, detained or needing repatriation in the southern provinces;
Philippine visas and invitation letters for friends and relatives.

Passport issuance in Ho Chi Minh City has not been verified – ask before preparing a file.

What to know before you visit

The office is far from the centre, near Cat Lai; allow time for traffic from the old District 1.
Submit in the morning, ideally before 10:30. The afternoon is mainly for releasing, and some visitors who arrived close to closing time were asked to return another day.
Email first for the document checklist – several visitors say they received detailed, patient replies and completed everything in one visit. Application forms are available free on site.
If you are inviting several people to the Philippines, bring extra copies for each invitee.
Counter staff are formal and work mostly in English; keep questions short and documents in order.
Closed on Vietnamese and Philippine public holidays.

What foreigners typically need help with

Passport lost in Ho Chi Minh City. Obtain a loss report from the ward police, then contact the consular office or the embassy’s Assistance to Nationals unit. With a new document in hand, apply for a new visa or complete exit procedures at the HCMC Immigration Office.

Renewing a passport while holding a TRC. Filipino teachers and engineers in Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City often have a work permit and temporary residence card under the old passport; these must be transferred. Short-stay visitors can get a visa extension or an e-visa.

Marriage and children’s births. CENOMAR and PSA certificates need an apostille and a notarised translation; children born in Vietnam should have their birth reported to Philippine authorities.

Invitation letters. Follow the exact checklist and ask by email beforehand to avoid repeat trips.

Help with Philippine passports in Vietnam

We could not verify whether the Ho Chi Minh City office enrols biometrics for e-passports; in many cases citizens may need to apply through the embassy in Hanoi. Email first. If you must travel home before a passport can be issued, ask about an emergency travel document.

Info Travel helps with file preparation, photos, translations of Vietnamese supporting documents and directions, and after you receive the new passport we transfer your visa or TRC, arrange a new visa or handle exit procedures. You attend in person for biometrics; we assist only within what the consular office allows.

Consular legalisation, MOFA/DOFA certification and certified translation

The Apostille Convention has applied to Vietnam since 11 September 2026 (accession 31 December 2025); the Philippines joined in 2019 and did not object. In the south, the HCMC Department of Foreign Affairs issues apostilles for Vietnamese documents. Background: apostille vs consular legalisation.

a) Philippine documents for Vietnam: apostille from the DFA in the Philippines, then a notarised translation in Ho Chi Minh City. Fallback: legalisation at the Vietnamese embassy in Manila, or certification by a Philippine mission in Vietnam (if offered) followed by legalisation at the HCMC Department of Foreign Affairs or the Consular Department – unless exempted under an international treaty.

b) Vietnamese documents for the Philippines: apostille at the HCMC Department of Foreign Affairs or the Consular Department, with a notarised English translation.

Info Travel translates, notarises, obtains apostilles or DOFA stamps and files/collects documents when needed. See consular legalisation in Vietnam; quotes on WhatsApp.

Embassy of the Philippines in Hanoi

The embassy is at 27B Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi (+84 24 3943 7873), receives documents 08:30–14:00 and runs an after-hours emergency line. See our guide to the Embassy of the Philippines in Hanoi.