Portuguese Consulate in Cambridge
A Portuguese consulate in Cambridge does not exist: another office covers the city. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston: 3 miles by road, roughly 9 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Cambridge
The state is divided between Boston and New Bedford by county; Middlesex County, where Cambridge sits, belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston (source).
By road it is 3 miles (9 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 2 miles.
Cambridge keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The Portuguese Consulate General in Boston holds outreach visits in Cambridge itself (dates still to be set; source).
Other cities in Massachusetts near Cambridge
Cities near Cambridge: Everett (Massachusetts), 4 miles; Chelsea, 4 miles; Malden, 5 miles. The Massachusetts page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Cambridge the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Massachusetts it is issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Cambridge without traveling
Without the trip, from Cambridge:
- 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).