Portuguese Consulate in Arvada

Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Arvada will not find one in town. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 1,258 miles by road, roughly 21 h 46 min of driving.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Arvada

For Arvada, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes Colorado (source).

A routing engine puts the drive at 1,258 miles and 21 h 46 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 941 miles.

The office is 1 hour behind Arvada all year: keep that in mind when you read its hours.

The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate for Utah, in Herriman, 366 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.

To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Arvada is in Colorado Springs (dates still to be set), 70 miles away in a straight line (source).

Other cities in Colorado near Arvada

Around Arvada: Westminster (Colorado), 6 miles; Lakewood (Colorado), 9 miles; Denver, 11 miles. The table on the Colorado page gives the drive from each.

The U.S. papers from Arvada the consulate asks for

Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Vital Records Section of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDC).

Arvada also spreads into Adams county. In the county of its center, Jefferson County, the marriage certificate comes from the Jefferson County Clerk (CDC); the marriage transcription asks for it with an apostille.

To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Colorado it is issued by the Colorado Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).

What you can settle from Arvada without traveling

Without the trip, from Arvada: