Portuguese Consulate in Bakersfield

A Portuguese consulate in Bakersfield does not exist: another office covers the city. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 284 miles and about 5 h 24 min away by car.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Bakersfield

For Bakersfield, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes California (source).

It is 284 miles by road and 253 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 5 h 24 min, before traffic.

Bakersfield and the office share the same time all year.

In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Tulare (60 miles). 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 Bakersfield is the one in Tulare, 60 miles away (the last one was on May 28), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).

Other cities in California near Bakersfield

The closest in a straight line are Lancaster (California), 67 miles; Visalia, 68 miles; Santa Clarita, 72 miles.

The U.S. papers from Bakersfield the consulate asks for

If you register a child born in California, you need the local birth certificate: the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office issues it (CDC).

Bakersfield is in Kern County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Kern County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage), according to the CDC directory (CDC). That certificate, with an apostille, is what goes with the marriage transcription.

To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in California it is issued by the California Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).

What you can settle from Bakersfield without traveling

What people in Bakersfield handle remotely: