Portuguese Consulate in Calais
No Portuguese consulate is based in Calais. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston: 330 miles by road, roughly 6 h 47 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Calais
The jurisdiction page of the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston includes Maine (source): that is the office for Calais.
By car, 330 miles and about 6 h 47 min without traffic; in a straight line, 273 miles.
Calais keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
In Gloucester, 245 miles from Calais, the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston holds an outreach visit in 2026: dates still to be set (source).
Other cities in Maine near Calais
Near Calais, in a straight line: Houlton, 71 miles; Bangor, 78 miles; Presque Isle, 109 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Calais the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Maine it is issued by the Maine Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Calais without traveling
What people in Calais handle remotely:
- You can request by mail the certificate to exchange a U.S. driving license in Portugal: driving license (source).
- 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).