Message from the Honorary Consul of Lebanon in NC

Dear Friends,

I hope that you are all doing well and quickly emerging from the restrictions imposed on us by the COVID pandemic. I also hope that most if not all of you have been vaccinated against this virus. Having worked on antiviral medications the last few years, I can tell you that the vaccine is the best way to put this pandemic behind us and restart our normal lives.

Work at the honorary consulate has been proceeding nicely over the past few weeks with the exception of periods when I was absent for out-of-town travel or medical reasons. I am very happy to see members of our community come from as far away as Florida, Georgia, and all over the Carolinas to avail themselves of our services instead of traveling all the way up to Washington. In general, our services have been as follows:

We are helping with the completion of power of attorney documents (POAs – وكالات) for all purposes so that you can delegate rights to family or lawyers in Lebanon. For POAs, we have all the template documents and texts available and we need identification to complete the documents for you. Sometimes, your correspondent in Lebanon send you a specific document or text to use and we are able to fold that in the standard documents we have here at the consulate.
We are able to register vital events such as births, marriages, or deaths here at the consulate and communicate them to the Embassy in Washington.
With regards to passports, we are able to help you fill out the applications here at the consulate, but the process has to be completed by mailing everything to the Embassy. This saves you one step of requesting the forms from the Embassy.
The purpose of the consulate is to assist Lebanese citizens who live in the US with Lebanon-related documents or other issues they may need help with here in the US. As such, we are unable to assist with affairs or requirements inside of Lebanon.

The best way to reach us is as follows:

Address: 6208 Fayetteville Rd, Suite 103
Durham, NC 27713
Website: www.nclebconsul.org
Email: info@nclebconsul.org
Phone: (984) 377-5201
Mobile: (919) 448-5516

Souha Boufakhreddine Hilal has been assisting me with consular duties. When you call the mobile number or send an email, she will reach out to you, get all the information needed, and schedule you for an appointment. She is also able to reach out to the Embassy and get help if we need it. We are all very lucky that she is part of this consulate!

I hope that we will soon be able to gather in one of our memorable gathering to celebrate events in our community. Until then, please be safe!

Moise A. Khayrallah, Ph.D.
Honorary Consul