Portuguese Consulate in West Covina

No Portuguese consulate is based in West Covina. It is served by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 403 miles away by road (about 7 h 35 min).

Which Portuguese consulate serves West Covina

The split is by state, and California belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, according to its jurisdiction page (source).

It is 403 miles by road and 362 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 7 h 35 min, before traffic.

Read the office’s hours as they are: West Covina is on the same time.

In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Los Angeles (16 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 West Covina is the one in Artesia, 16 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 West Covina

Around West Covina: El Monte, 7 miles; Pomona, 9 miles; Fullerton, 12 miles. The table on the California page gives the drive from each.

The U.S. papers from West Covina 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).

For the marriage transcription, a marriage in Los Angeles County (the county of West Covina) is proven with the certificate from the Los Angeles County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC), apostilled.

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 West Covina without traveling

No travel needed from West Covina for this: