Welcome to the official website of the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu, Hawaii, where you can find general information on the Consulate and its services, programs and activities, news on and from the Philippines and important announcements for our kababayans in Hawaii and American Samoa.
Maraming salamat po at Mabuhay!
Online Appointment
The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu, in line with the thrust of the Department of Foreign Affairs to provide efficient and comfortable service to all Filipinos, has implemented a consular service appointment system beginning May 01, 2018. All consular services will be by appointment only. SECURING AN APPOINTMENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE.
Unless you have an appointment, we will not be able to accommodate you. Please make sure you have a valid U.S. cellphone number and email address (Yahoo and Gmail only) where automated confirmatory messages will be sent to you. The confirmatory email will include your appointment schedule and the requirements for a particular type of consular service you wish to avail of.
If you cannot make it to your scheduled appointment, you are kindly requested to cancel your appointment to give way to other applicants. DOUBLE REGISTRATION WILL MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NULL AND VOID.
For appointments, please click the appropriate link below.
The Consulate endeavors to attend to applicants as close as possible to their appointment time. However, service times could vary due to special cases of individual applicants.
Starting 21 March 2022, the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu will resume acceptance of passport applicants through its Courtesy Lane. The following are eligible for passport service through the Courtesy Lane:
1. Applicants who are 60 years old and above
2. Minors who are 7 years old and below (with parent/s or authorized adult companion)
3. Applicants with disability (must present a Disability ID)
4. Pregnant applicants (must present medical record)
5. Applicants with immediate need for a passport (must present proof of urgency such as death certificate or medical certificate)
The Consulate is able to accept a maximum of 15 Courtesy Lane applicants per day.
While applicants availing of the Courtesy Lane may apply for passport service during the Consulate’s business hours (9am to 3pm from Monday to Friday, except holidays), priority shall be given to applicants with appointments.
Advisories
The Consul General
Consul General Arman R. Talbo is a career diplomat with a rank of Chief of Mission II with more than 20 years of experience.
Prior to his posting in Honolulu, he served as Deputy Consul General in New York where he focused on the political, economic, and cultural activities of the consulate. He likewise worked closely with the Filipino community in the northeastern seaboard of the United States.
He was also previously assigned as Vice Consul in Barcelona from 2008 to 2012, and as Second Secretary in the Philippine Embassy in Madrid from 2012 to 2014 handling political and economic affairs.
In the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Consul General Talbo served in the Office of Fiscal Management and the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration. He likewise held the position of Deputy Chief of Presidential Protocol where he organized and ensured the smooth implementation of events attended by the President and visiting Heads of States and Governments. Immediately before his assignment in Honolulu, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Executive Director of the Office of Consular Affairs which oversees the provision of consular services in all Foreign Service Posts abroad and Consular Offices all over the Philippines.
He is a Business Administration and Accountancy graduate from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. He finished his Juris Doctor degree from the same University. He passed both the CPA Board and Bar Examinations.
Consul General Talbo is a recipient of the Gawad Mabini (Rank of Dakilang Kasugo), one of the highest awards bestowed on Filipino diplomats. He also received the Presidential Medal of Merit for his exemplary service in the Office of the President.
He is an Ilocano who hails from Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur.
About the Office
About the Consulate General
History of the Property:
The first office of the Consulate General was inaugurated on 30 December 1946 at the Dento Medical Building at 36 South Kukui Street in Honolulu in the island of Oahu. On 05 January 1947, the consular office opened to the public. Subsequently, it moved to its present address at 2433 Pali Highway after the Philippine Government leased the old Horner mansion in 1948. In 1961, the Philippine Government through Consul General Juan Dionisio, purchased the property from the Philippine Memorial Foundation Limited, a non-profit organization wholly owned by Filipinos in Honolulu.
At its inception in January 1947, the Philippine Consulate General was accredited with the United States. Hawaii was then a trust territory. It became the fiftieth (50th) state of the United States of America on 21 August 1959.
The building, of Southern colonial style, at 2433 Pali Highway has been the site of the Philippine Consulate General since 1948. The Consulate was formally opened on 14 November of that year at a reception hosted by Consul General and Mrs. Modesto Farolan.
The Philippine Consulate was formerly the home of Albert Horner, a sugar industry executive. Mr. Horner purchased the property in 1913 from the estate of William Pfotenhauer, a German Consul and Vice President of Hackfeld and Company.
In October 1948, the Philippine Memorial Foundation purchased the property which originally consisted of 57,000 square feet of land. The Foundation sold a portion of the property (11,395 square feet) to the territory of Hawaii for the construction of Pali Highway. The remaining area (now approximately 46,000 square feet) together with the building was donated to the Republic of the Philippines on 19 May 1961. Between the time of its purchase and acquisition, the property had been rented by the Republic of the Philippines.
In 1993, the Philippine Government renovated the Chancery, spending approximately $ 300,000.00 for its refurbishment.
In 2018, the Philippine Government embarked on a $6 million project to construct a Consular Annex building and again renovate the Chancery. Construction of the Consular Annex building commenced in November 2019 and was completed on 29 October 2020. Renovation of the Chancery began in December 2020 and was completed on 01 June 2021.
Description of Significant Architectural Design / Features
The Chancery, originally constructed in 1905, is an imposing two-story white mansion built in semi-colonial style and highlighted by four (4) Ionic columns at its front entrance. It has an 83-square foot basement at the first level accessible via a trap door. It also has two primary floors and an attic. According to City records, the building, made of double wood construction, was completed in 1906.
The mansion’s ground floor is elevated from the garden level. The south and east corner of the building’s ground floor is encircled by a lanai or a terrace, a typical feature of Hawaiian architecture.
The main doorway opens to a high-ceilinged vestibule. Originally, there were four large rooms on the ground floor: the sun room next to the porch on the east side; the large middle room was the social room and entertainment room; the drawing room or music room, and the dining room. The two smaller rooms on the ground floor were the kitchen and a bathroom.
A 4,100-square foot covered area with tiled floor at the rear of the building houses a stage for outdoor functions.
Adjacent to the mansion is the 4,131-square foot Consular Annex which was completed on 01 June 2021. The Annex is a two-story building constructed with modern materials in a look and style that conforms to the 1905 Chancery.
Several tall and majestic palm trees adorn the grounds which have been part of the property since the land was transferred to private ownership.
Significance in PH Diplomatic History/PH-Host Country Diplomatic Relations
The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu was one of the earliest Consulates General to be established by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Its establishment is as old as the diplomatic relations of the Philippines with the United States of America, a close ally and strategic partner.
Due to Hawaii’s strategic location in the Pacific and the presence of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the continued expansion of Hawaii’s economy, and the presence of more than 350,000 Filipinos in the State, the Consulate’s role is vital in actively promoting Philippine interests.
More than a dozen Philippine Consuls General have been posted in Honolulu since 1946. The first Consul General was Modesto Farolan. Following is a table of all Consuls General in Honolulu.
| CONSUL GENERAL | DATES SERVED |
| Modesto Farolan | December 1946 to December 1948 |
| Aureliano Quitoriano | January to December 1949 |
| Manuel Alzate | December 1949 to April 1952 |
| Pedro Ramirez | April 1952 to June 1953 |
| Emilio Bejasa | July 1953 to August 1957 |
| Juan Dionisio | September 1957 to January 1962 |
| Alejandro Yango | January 1962 to June 1966 |
| Trinidad Alconcel | July 1966 to September 1972 |
| Vicente Romero | December 1972 to December 1975 |
| Trinidad Alconcel | January 1976 to May 1984 |
| Raul Ch. Rabe | June 1984 to April 1986 |
| Tomas Gomez III | April 1986 to December 1989 |
| Solita M. Aguirre | February 1992 to November 1996 |
| Minerva Jean Falcon | December 1996 to November 2000 |
| Rolando Gregorio | December 2000 to December 2005 |
| Ariel Y. Abadilla | December 2005 to June 2009 |
| Leoncio R. Cardenas, Jr. | July 2009 to November 2011 |
| Julius D. Torres | December 2011 to April 2014 |
| Gina A. Jamoralin | July 2014 to January 2018 |
| Joselito A. Jimeno | February 2018 to October 2021 |
| Emilio T. Fernandez | November 2021 to 16 August 2024 |
