Portuguese Consulate in Flint
No Portuguese consulate is based in Flint. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in New York: 671 miles by road, roughly 12 h 36 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Flint
The split is by state, and Michigan belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in New York, according to its jurisdiction page (source).
The fastest route covers 671 miles and takes about 12 h 36 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 524 miles.
Flint keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
Distance does not decide the office: the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington is 448 miles away in a straight line, and Michigan belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in New York.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis, 258 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
The nearest outreach visit to Flint is the one in Chicago, 219 miles away (the last one was on July 6), run by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source).
Other cities in Michigan near Flint
Near Flint, in a straight line: Southfield, 43 miles; Sterling Heights, 45 miles; Lansing, 48 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Flint the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Michigan, you need the local birth certificate: the state’s Vital Records office issues it (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Genesee County, where Flint is, ask the Genesee County Clerk for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Michigan it is issued by the Michigan Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Flint without traveling
From Flint, without going to the office:
- 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).
