Portuguese Consulate in Glendale (Arizona)
Glendale (Arizona) has no Portuguese consulate of its own. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 751 miles by road, roughly 13 h 50 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Glendale (Arizona)
The split is by state, and Arizona belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, according to its jurisdiction page (source).
A routing engine puts the drive at 751 miles and 13 h 50 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 646 miles.
In summer Glendale (Arizona) and the office keep the same clock; in winter they are 1 hour apart.
Closer, 290 miles away in a straight line, is the honorary consulate in San Diego. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
The nearest outreach visit to Glendale (Arizona) is the one in Phoenix, 6 miles away (the next one is on November 16), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).
Other cities in Arizona near Glendale (Arizona)
The closest in a straight line are Phoenix, 9 miles; Scottsdale, 15 miles; Tempe, 18 miles.
The U.S. papers from Glendale (Arizona) the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Bureau of Vital Records of the Arizona Department of Health Services (CDC).
In Maricopa County, the county of Glendale (Arizona), marriage certificates come from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Maricopa County, according to the CDC (CDC). The marriage transcription asks for it with an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Arizona it is issued by the Arizona Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Glendale (Arizona) without traveling
Without the trip, from Glendale (Arizona):
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
- You can travel to Portugal as a tourist on a U.S. passport, with no visa, for up to 90 days: Schengen visa and entry to Portugal (source).
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).
