Portuguese Consulate in Lowell
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Lowell will not find one in town. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston: 28 miles by road, roughly 42 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Lowell
The state is divided between Boston and New Bedford by county; Middlesex County, where Lowell sits, belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston (source).
It is 28 miles by road and 23 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 42 min, before traffic.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Lowell is on the same time.
The Portuguese Consulate General in Boston holds outreach visits in Lowell itself (dates still to be set; source).
Other cities in Massachusetts near Lowell
Cities near Lowell: Methuen, 8 miles; Lawrence, 9 miles; Haverhill, 15 miles. The Massachusetts page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Lowell the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Massachusetts, you need the local birth certificate: the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics issues it (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 Lowell without traveling
What people in Lowell handle remotely:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
- 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).