Portuguese Consulate in Anchorage
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Anchorage have to travel. The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco is the office for Anchorage, 3,077 miles away by road, about 65 h 38 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Anchorage
Alaska is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Anchorage go.
It is 3,077 miles by road and 2,003 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 65 h 38 min, before traffic.
There is a 1 hour difference between Anchorage and the office (ahead of), all year.
Other cities in Alaska near Anchorage
Near Anchorage, in a straight line: Fairbanks, 259 miles; Juneau, 573 miles; Sitka, 589 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Anchorage the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Alaska is issued by the Alaska Health Analytics & Vital Records Section (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Alaska it is issued by the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Anchorage without traveling
From Anchorage, without going to the office:
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
