Portuguese Consulate in Meriden
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Meriden will not find one in town. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in New York, 93 miles and about 2 h 12 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Meriden
Connecticut is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in New York (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Meriden go.
The fastest route covers 93 miles and takes about 2 h 12 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 81 miles.
Meriden keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Waterbury-Naugatuck, 13 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for civil registry, notarial acts, voter registration and issuing travel documents.
In Naugatuck, 13 miles from Meriden, the Portuguese Consulate General in New York holds an outreach visit in 2026: the last one ran from June 29 to 30 (source).
Other cities in Connecticut near Meriden
Around Meriden: New Britain, 9 miles; New Haven, 17 miles; Hartford, 17 miles. The table on the Connecticut page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Meriden the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Connecticut, you need the local birth certificate: the vital records office of the town where the child was born, or the state Department of Public Health issues it (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 Meriden without traveling
This can be settled from Meriden without traveling:
- 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).
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).