Portuguese Consulate in Palo Alto

Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Palo Alto will not find one in town. It is served by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 35 miles away by road (about 50 min).

Which Portuguese consulate serves Palo Alto

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 Palo Alto go.

A routing engine puts the drive at 35 miles and 50 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 29 miles.

Palo Alto keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.

The nearest outreach visit to Palo Alto is the one in San Jose, 22 miles away (the last one was on October 9), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).

Other cities in California near Palo Alto

Near Palo Alto, in a straight line: Sunnyvale, 8 miles; Fremont, 12 miles; Santa Clara, 12 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.

The U.S. papers from Palo Alto 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).

Palo Alto is in Santa Clara County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Santa Clara 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 Palo Alto without traveling

Without the trip, from Palo Alto: