Portuguese Consulate in Monterey
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Monterey will not find one in town. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 116 miles of road, around 2 h 27 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Monterey
For Monterey, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes California (source).
The fastest route covers 116 miles and takes about 2 h 27 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 88 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Monterey is on the same time.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Monterey is in San Jose (the last one was on October 9), 48 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in California near Monterey
Around Monterey: Salinas, 16 miles; Santa Cruz, 27 miles; San Jose, 51 miles. The table on the California page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Monterey 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).
If your marriage license came from Monterey County, where Monterey is, ask the Monterey 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 Monterey without traveling
What people in Monterey handle remotely:
- 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).