Portuguese Consulate in Newark (Delaware)

Newark (Delaware) has no Portuguese consulate of its own. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark, 123 miles and about 2 h 35 min away by car.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Newark (Delaware)

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

It is 123 miles by road and 111 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 2 h 35 min, before traffic.

Read the office’s hours as they are: Newark (Delaware) is on the same time.

Closer in a straight line, 87 miles away, is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington; but the published split gives Delaware to the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark.

The Portuguese Consulate General in Newark holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Newark (Delaware) in 2026 is in Wilmington, 12 miles away in a straight line (dates still to be set; source).

Other cities in Delaware near Newark (Delaware)

Cities near Newark (Delaware): Wilmington (Delaware), 12 miles; Dover (Delaware), 38 miles. The Delaware page lists them all, with the drive to the office.

The U.S. papers from Newark (Delaware) the consulate asks for

For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Delaware is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics of the Division of Public Health (CDC).

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

What you can settle from Newark (Delaware) without traveling

From Newark (Delaware), without going to the office: