Colombian consular services in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Colombia has no permanent consulate in Philadelphia. This is not an oversight on this page — Colombia maintains exactly 12 career consulates in the United States, and Philadelphia is not one of them. If you live in the Philadelphia area, your consulate is in Newark.

Your covering consulate: Newark

  • Consulate: Consulate of Colombia in Newark
  • Address: 550 Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 (per the consulate’s own site, checked October 16, 2026) — about 90 miles (1.5 hours by car or direct train) from Philadelphia
  • Phone: 1-888-764-3326 (US service line); emergency 973-432-2660, per the Newark consulate’s contact page, read October 15, 2026
  • Official site: newark.consulado.gov.co
  • Official jurisdiction (circunscripción): New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Mobile consulates — service without the full trip

Newark is only ~90 miles from Philadelphia, so mobile sessions in Pennsylvania are less frequent — but the consulate publishes outreach activity for its jurisdiction on the Newark consulate’s site; check before traveling.

What the consulate’s own site says (checked October 16, 2026)

  • Pennsylvania service day: Newark’s second-semester 2026 calendar assigns Thursdays to Pennsylvania residents, with an appointment in its Google Forms calendar. For Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday procedures, the calendar says to book on the consulate’s website the preceding business day before 9:00 a.m.

  • Temporary Newark hours: the extension notice gives 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from October 19 to December 18, 2026. The calendar separately lists Wednesdays until 4:00 p.m.

  • Jurisdiction: the Newark consulate’s jurisdiction page states: “Este consulado atiende a los colombianos y extranjeros ubicados en New Jersey y Pennsylvania.” It adds that people in that jurisdiction have access to its services “sin necesidad de recurrir a intermediarios” (without intermediaries).

  • Public hours (Newark): “lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m.” (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).

  • Phones: US service line 1-888-764-3326; emergency number 973-432-2660.

  • Passport fees abroad (Foreign Ministry, rate outside Europe and Cuba): ordinary passport USD $86,00; executive passport USD $175,00; emergency passport USD $129,00 (Cancillería — costs and payment).

  • Payment: Newark is on the Foreign Ministry’s list of consulates that receive money orders for passport payment. The ministry also says to “verifique con el Consulado más cercano los medios de pago disponibles” (check available payment methods with the nearest consulate). Payment is possible only after the application has been formalized. Online PSE payment requires an active account in Colombia enabled for electronic payments. “La expedición del pasaporte está sujeta al pago del mismo” (issuance is subject to payment).

Before you travel — do this first

  1. Book an appointment through the consulate’s official site.
  2. Register in the Registro Consular online if you haven’t.
  3. Confirm requirements and fees for your specific procedure on the official site (see the passport fees listed above).
  4. Bring payment in the accepted form — check the consulate’s site for the payment methods it accepts.

Consular procedures — step-by-step guides

The most common services at this consulate (full step-by-step guides):

Official sources: Newark consulate · Embassy of Colombia — consulates list · Newark consulate — jurisdiction · Cancillería — passport costs and payment

Last verified: 2026-10-17. General procedural information, not legal advice. Consular jurisdictions and mobile-consulate calendars change — always confirm with the consulate before traveling.