Portuguese Consulate in Downey

Downey has no Portuguese consulate of its own. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 396 miles of road, around 7 h 27 min.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Downey

California 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 Downey go.

By car, 396 miles and about 7 h 27 min without traffic; in a straight line, 359 miles.

There is no time difference between Downey and the office.

Closer, 6 miles away in a straight line, is the honorary consulate in Los Angeles. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.

In Artesia, 6 miles from Downey, the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco holds an outreach visit in 2026: the last one was on October 19 (source).

Other cities in California near Downey

The closest in a straight line are East Los Angeles, 7 miles; El Monte, 11 miles; Long Beach, 12 miles.

The U.S. papers from Downey 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).

If your marriage license came from Los Angeles County, where Downey is, ask the Los Angeles County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.

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 Downey without traveling

What people in Downey handle remotely: