Portuguese Consulate in Chicago
Google shows a “Consulate of Portugal || Chicago” page with the email [email protected] and two Washington numbers (202.328.8610 and 202.350.5497) that are not the ones the Embassy publishes.
The Portal das Comunidades lists no Portuguese office in Chicago: Illinois belongs to the Consular Section in Washington, which holds consular outreach visits there. (sources: 1, 2)
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Chicago have to travel. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 697 miles of road, around 13 h 8 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Chicago
The jurisdiction page of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington includes Illinois (source): that is the office for Chicago.
By road it is 697 miles (13 h 8 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 593 miles.
The office’s clock runs 1 hour ahead of the one in Chicago.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis, 164 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds outreach visits in Chicago itself (the last one was on July 6; source).
Other cities in Illinois near Chicago
Near Chicago, in a straight line: Cicero, 7 miles; Evanston, 12 miles; Bloomingdale, 24 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Chicago the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Illinois, you need the local birth certificate: the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Illinois it is issued by the Illinois Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Chicago without traveling
Without the trip, from Chicago:
- 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).