Portuguese Consulate in Daly City
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Daly City have to travel. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 8 miles by road, roughly 19 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Daly City
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco lists California in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Daly City in its hands.
By car, 8 miles and about 19 min without traffic; in a straight line, 6 miles.
Daly City and the office share the same time all year.
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Daly City in 2026 is in San Jose, 45 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on October 9; source).
Other cities in California near Daly City
Around Daly City: Oakland, 13 miles; San Mateo, 13 miles; Berkeley, 16 miles. The table on the California page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Daly City the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office (CDC).
For the marriage transcription, a marriage in San Mateo County (the county of Daly City) is proven with the certificate from the San Mateo County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC), apostilled.
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 Daly City without traveling
What people in Daly City handle remotely:
- 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).