Portuguese Consulate in Bridgeport
Bridgeport has no Portuguese consulate of its own. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in New York: 57 miles by road, roughly 1 h 25 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bridgeport
For Bridgeport, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in New York decides, and it includes Connecticut (source).
By car, 57 miles and about 1 h 25 min without traffic; in a straight line, 50 miles.
Bridgeport keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Waterbury-Naugatuck (23 miles). According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for civil registry, notarial acts, voter registration and issuing travel documents.
The nearest outreach visit to Bridgeport is the one in Naugatuck, 22 miles away (the last one ran from June 29 to 30), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in New York (source).
Other cities in Connecticut near Bridgeport
Around Bridgeport: Norwalk, 12 miles; New Haven, 16 miles; Stamford, 20 miles. The table on the Connecticut page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Bridgeport 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 office of the town where the child was born, or the state Department of Public Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Connecticut it is issued by the Connecticut Secretary of the State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Bridgeport without traveling
From Bridgeport, without going to the office:
- 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).