Portuguese Consulate in Redding
No Portuguese consulate is based in Redding. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 218 miles by road, roughly 4 h 9 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Redding
The jurisdiction page of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco includes California (source): that is the office for Redding.
By road it is 218 miles (4 h 9 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 193 miles.
Redding 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 Redding in 2026 is in Turlock, 228 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on April 13; source).
Other cities in California near Redding
The closest in a straight line are Chico, 65 miles; Eureka, 94 miles; Roseville, 138 miles.
The U.S. papers from Redding 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).
Redding is in Shasta County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Shasta 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 Redding without traveling
Without the trip, from Redding:
- 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).