Portuguese Consulate in Simi Valley
There is no Portuguese consulate in Simi Valley. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 377 miles by road, roughly 7 h 8 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Simi Valley
The jurisdiction page of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco includes California (source): that is the office for Simi Valley.
It is 377 miles by road and 319 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 7 h 8 min, before traffic.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Simi Valley is on the same time.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Los Angeles, 47 miles away. 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 Simi Valley is the one in Artesia, 47 miles away (the last one was on October 19), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).
Other cities in California near Simi Valley
Near Simi Valley, in a straight line: Thousand Oaks, 9 miles; Santa Clarita, 18 miles; Santa Monica, 23 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Simi Valley 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 Ventura County, where Simi Valley is, ask the Ventura 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 Simi Valley without traveling
Without the trip, from Simi Valley:
- 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).