Portuguese Consulate in Lansing

For the Portuguese consulate, people in Lansing have to travel. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in New York: 681 miles of road, around 12 h 47 min.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Lansing

The Portuguese Consulate General in New York lists Michigan in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Lansing in its hands.

By road it is 681 miles (12 h 47 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 562 miles.

Lansing keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.

Closer in a straight line, 473 miles away, is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington; but the published split gives Michigan to the Portuguese Consulate General in New York.

In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis (220 miles). Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.

To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Lansing is in Chicago (the last one was on July 6), 172 miles away in a straight line (source).

Other cities in Michigan near Lansing

The closest in a straight line are Flint, 48 miles; Ann Arbor, 52 miles; Grand Rapids, 59 miles.

The U.S. papers from Lansing the consulate asks for

Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the state’s Vital Records office (CDC).

Lansing also spreads into Clinton and Eaton counties. In the county of its center, Ingham County, the marriage certificate comes from the Ingham County Clerk (CDC); the marriage transcription asks for it with 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 Lansing without traveling

No travel needed from Lansing for this: