Portuguese Consulate in Long Beach
No Portuguese consulate is based in Long Beach. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 407 miles and about 7 h 41 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Long Beach
For Long Beach, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes California (source).
By road it is 407 miles (7 h 41 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 366 miles.
Long Beach and the office share the same time all year.
The honorary consulate in Los Angeles is 9 miles away in a straight line. 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 Long Beach is the one in Artesia, 9 miles away (the last one was on October 19), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).
Other cities in California near Long Beach
Around Long Beach: Torrance, 10 miles; Huntington Beach, 12 miles; Downey, 12 miles. The table on the California page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Long Beach the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in California is issued by the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office (CDC).
In Los Angeles County, the county of Long Beach, marriage certificates come from the Los Angeles County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage), 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 California it is issued by the California Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Long Beach without traveling
No travel needed from Long Beach for this:
- 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).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).