Philippine Embassy in China: The Six Consulates, Provincial Jurisdiction, Office Hours and Where to File Visas

Where the Philippine Embassy in China Is: One Embassy and Six Consulates General

There is one embassy, in Beijing, and six consulates general; take every address from the post's own website. The embassy's About Us page names the six: Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, and the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions. All seven posts in China run websites ending in dfa.gov.ph, which is the quickest way to tell an official page from a look-alike.

The addresses below come from the embassy's Consulate Finder (marked as updated on 19 June 2026) and from each post's own contact page, checked on 17 September 2026:

Watch out for stale pages. Several post websites still carry old "missions in China" directories. The Xiamen consulate's Other PHL Missions in China page, for example, still puts the Hong Kong consulate on the 14th floor of United Centre and the Macau consulate in a different tower, while the Hong Kong and Macau posts' own pages now show the 26th floor and the NAPE address. When two official pages disagree, trust the post's own contact page and any page with a recent update date, then confirm by email before you go.

Taiwan is not on this list. The Philippines has no embassy or consulate in Taiwan; the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) is the channel there. How Taiwan passport holders enter, and what to do for stays over 14 days, is covered in Taiwan passport holders and Philippine visas.

Keep the direction straight. This page is about Philippine posts in China: they issue visas for travel to the Philippines and serve Filipinos living in China. If you are already in the Philippines and need a new Chinese passport or a travel document, you need the Chinese Embassy or consulates in the Philippines instead; see the Chinese Embassy in Manila passport guide. The two sets of offices have different websites, inboxes and holiday calendars.

Consular Jurisdiction: Find the Post for Your Province (Sichuan Belongs to Beijing)

Jurisdiction follows provinces: for anything other than a tourist or business visa, file with the post that covers the province where you live or work. The split is:

Sources: the embassy's list comes from its advisory AN-07-2026 dated 13 April 2026, which also mentions the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Mongolia. The six consulates' lists come from the Consulate Finder, and they match what Xiamen's contact page, Guangzhou's visa application page and Shanghai's visa page say about themselves. Beijing's 17 plus Shanghai's 5, Guangzhou's 4, Xiamen's 2 and Chongqing's 3 add up to all 31 provincial-level divisions of the mainland, with Hong Kong and Macau on top.

Three places people get it wrong:

1. Sichuan belongs to Beijing. Under AN-07-2026, Sichuan is in the embassy's district; the Chongqing consulate covers only Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan. Applicants in Chengdu should not assume Chongqing.
2. Fujian and Jiangxi belong to Xiamen, but the visa centre is in Fuzhou. The Macau consulate's entry guidelines page lists visa application centres in Beijing, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai; Xiamen is not one of them. Visa centres handle tourist and business visas only, so other categories still go to the Xiamen consulate.
3. It is where you actually live or work. Guangzhou states that the other visa types it handles are for Chinese nationals residing or working in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Hainan. If your household registration is in one province and your job in another, email first and ask which post will accept the file.

Foreign nationals living in China also use these posts; the Shanghai visa checklist, for instance, asks for proof of stay in China such as a Chinese residence permit. The Bureau of Immigration's FAQ page says a foreign national may apply for a temporary visitor's visa at the Philippine post in their country of origin or place of legal residence, so whether a post will accept someone from outside its district is for that post to confirm. For choosing the visa category itself, see the overview of Philippine visa types.

Where to File a Philippine Visa in China Now: Visa-Free, eVisa, Visa Centre or Post

Short tourist or business trips on a mainland Chinese passport may need no visa; tourist and business visas go through the eVisa or a visa centre; everything else, and any visa you plan to convert, goes to the post. That has been the division since November 2025.

The embassy's advisory AN-16-2025 of 31 October 2025 says the embassy and consulates launched a new temporary visitor's visa system on 1 November 2025. Chinese nationals residing in China can apply online for a Philippine eVisa, which is non-convertible, non-extendable, valid for up to 14 days, and usable only through Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport. Conventional sticker visas are still issued and can be lodged in person or by mail at the Philippine Visa Application Centre. All categories other than tourism and business, including conversions to student or work visas, are still handled at the embassy.

How to choose between visa-free entry and the eVisa, and what the eVisa asks for, is covered in how to apply for the Philippine eVisa; the conditions of the 14-day waiver and the questions at the airport are in the 14-day visa-free guide for Chinese passports.

What the posts still take directly. The embassy's Other Visa Categories page (updated 16 April 2026) lists requirements for 9(a-3) medical treatment, 9(a-4) private yachtsmen, 9(a-5) filmmaking, 9(a-6) journalism, 9(a-7) athletic and performing arts and 9(a-8) other-purpose visitors, as well as 9(b) transit, 9(c) crew, 9(d) treaty traders and investors, 9(e) foreign government officials, 9(f) students and 9(g) pre-arranged employees. For 9(d), 9(e), 9(f) and 9(g), written authority from DFA Manila is required before issuance, and for 9(g) the Philippine employer must first petition the Bureau of Immigration. The page gives a regular processing period of four working days, which does not include waiting for authority or supplementary documents. Guangzhou lists tour group visas, crew list visas, 9(a) to 9(g) and 9(a) to 9(f) conversions and 9(b) transit visas as still handled at the consulate, and Hong Kong's visa page says spouse visas, language study, exchanges and competitions, and visas convertible after arrival are lodged at the consulate by appointment.

Where the visa centres are. The Macau consulate lists Beijing, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai. AN-16-2025 gives the Beijing centre as B1 West Gate, Guanghua Road SOHO II, 9 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District; Guangzhou's visa page gives Room 804, 8/F, GAL Tower, 78 Pazhou Avenue, Haizhu District; Hong Kong's page gives Unit B, 7/F, Lee & Man Commercial Centre, 169 Electric Road, North Point. Other addresses are as currently published by the posts and the application platform. For meetings, site visits and invitation letters, see the Philippine business visa guide.

Office Hours and Holidays: Every Post Differs, and Hong Kong and Macau Work Sunday to Thursday

The Beijing embassy is open Monday to Friday, with consular services from 9 am to 5 pm; the Hong Kong and Macau consulates work Sunday to Thursday. The table follows each post's own wording, holidays excluded:

Holidays: both Philippine and local holidays can close a post. Each post publishes the days it will observe. Chongqing has a Philippine and Chinese Holidays 2026 page, Xiamen posts its 2026 schedule on its contact page, Hong Kong's holidays page lists Philippine holidays and Hong Kong public holidays in one table, and Shanghai issued a 2026 holiday list in January.

Two closures at the Beijing embassy in 2026 show how this plays out. AN-03-2026 closed the embassy from 16 to 23 February for the Spring Festival and noted that the Beijing visa centre would not accept applications in that period either. AN-06-2026 closed it on 2 and 3 April for Holy Week. The first notice is dated 4 February, about ten days before the closure; the second was posted on 31 March, only two days before. Holy Week, National Heroes Day, the early-November observances and the year-end Philippine holidays, stacked on top of Chinese New Year and National Day, leave fewer working days than most applicants expect.

A reliable way to check:

1. read the post's Advisories or Announcements section, where closure notices appear;
2. compare your plan against that post's holiday list for the year, covering both countries' holidays;
3. email a working day or two before you lodge or collect anything to confirm the office is open.

The Beijing embassy's Sunday consular service, which started on 16 August 2026, is, according to its announcement, for Filipinos, one Sunday afternoon a month from September to November. It is not a visa window for Chinese applicants.

Visa centres and posts each keep their own calendar, and one missing document can cost a week or two. Let Yixing check your 9(a) documents and timeline before you lodge →

Phone and Email: Visa Questions Go by Email, Emergency Lines Are for Filipinos

Send visa questions by email; the Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) lines are for Filipinos in emergencies and do not take visa enquiries. The Beijing embassy's contact infographic splits its channels in two: passports, overseas voter registration, visa applications, civil registration and notarization go to regular consular services, while the ATN line is strictly for emergencies involving Filipino nationals that need immediate consular action, such as a death.

Numbers and inboxes change, so treat the table as a snapshot and check each post's site before you rely on it.

How to write an email that gets a usable reply:

1. put the visa category and your province in the subject line, for example "9(g) enquiry, Sichuan";
2. give your passport nationality, planned arrival date and airport, length of stay, and whether you intend to convert after arrival;
3. number your questions and keep one topic per email;
4. list the documents you have ready rather than attaching passport scans; send personal documents only when the post asks and in the way it specifies.

Stick to official domains. The posts in China all use websites ending in dfa.gov.ph; take email addresses only from a post's own contact page, and open the eVisa from the link on a post's website. A site that charges form-filling or "rush" fees and was not reached through a post's own link is not one to pay or to upload your passport to. Posts decide visas under their own rules; nobody can promise an outcome, and anyone offering "inside channels" is a red flag.

A visa is not admission. Hong Kong's visa page says a visa does not guarantee entry and that admission is decided by the Bureau of Immigration at the port. The embassy's visa category page also says the processor may ask for any other document it considers necessary. For the tourist visa document list, see the 9(a) tourist visa documents; for what to change after a refusal, see what to do if your 9(a) visa is refused.

Already in the Philippines, or Not a Visa Matter: Go to the Right Office

If you are already in the Philippines and need more time or a new status, you deal with the Bureau of Immigration, not with a post in China. The posts handle visas before arrival. Once you land, your authorised stay, extensions, conversions, the ACR I-Card and exit clearance all belong to the Bureau of Immigration. Common cases:

• You entered on an extendable visa and want to stay longer: apply for a visitor extension at the Bureau; timing is covered in renewing a 9(a) tourist visa. The 14-day visa-free stay and the eVisa for Chinese passports cannot be extended or converted; how each passport's waiver works is in the Philippines visa-free policy overview.
• Your Chinese passport is lost or about to expire: go to the Chinese Embassy or a Chinese consulate in the Philippines; see the Chinese Embassy in Manila passport guide. For personal-safety emergencies, the limits of consular protection are explained in consular protection for Chinese citizens in the Philippines.
• Using Chinese documents in the Philippines, or Philippine documents in China: first work out whether the apostille route applies; see authenticating documents between the Philippines and China. The embassy's site also has Notarization and Apostille sections; check who each service is for before you lodge anything.
• You are in the Philippines and need a visa for a third country: that is a matter for that country's embassy in Manila; see the guide to embassies in Manila.

Services for Filipinos in China are the other half of the posts' consular work: passports, reports of birth and marriage, overseas voter registration, NBI clearance applications and PSA certificates each have a page under Consular Matters on the embassy site. A non-Filipino spouse accompanying the applicant should follow the document list on the relevant page.

A Chinese spouse's long-term status is a two-step question. Step one is choosing the right way to enter, as described above; step two is applying to the Bureau of Immigration for the matching status in the Philippines. Mainland Chinese passports are not on the Bureau's 13(a) reciprocity list, so Chinese spouses of Filipinos go through the Temporary Resident Visa (TRV); the difference is explained in 13(a) versus TRV by nationality. Where a case involves a refusal record, a blacklist entry or the validity of a marriage, consult a licensed lawyer; this article is not legal advice.

A simple order of questions: is this a visa before entry or a status after entry? If it is a visa, your passport type and length of stay decide between visa-free entry, the eVisa, a visa centre or a post. If it is a status, the Bureau's requirements decide. Getting that order right means preparing documents once.

Yixing is a private consultancy with a physical office in Makati. It is not affiliated with any Philippine government agency or with the Philippine posts in China. It can help you map out which visa to get at home and how to continue your status after landing; see visa and residence status advice. Whether a visa is issued and whether you are admitted is decided by the posts and the Bureau of Immigration. This article is general information, contains no fee quotes, and defers to each post's current website for addresses, numbers and hours.

Getting the visa at home and extending or converting after you land are two halves of the same plan. Let Yixing plan your Philippine visa around your trip and status →