Portuguese Consulate in Rialto
There is no Portuguese consulate in Rialto. The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco is the office for Rialto, 430 miles away by road, about 8 h 6 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Rialto
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco lists California in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Rialto in its hands.
By car, 430 miles and about 8 h 6 min without traffic; in a straight line, 380 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Rialto is on the same time.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Los Angeles (43 miles). 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 Rialto is the one in Artesia, 43 miles away (the last one ran from October 19 to 23), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).
Other cities in California near Rialto
Cities near Rialto: Fontana, 4 miles; San Bernardino, 6 miles; Riverside, 9 miles. The California page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Rialto 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 San Bernardino County, where Rialto is, ask the San Bernardino 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 Rialto without traveling
No travel needed from Rialto 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).
