Portuguese Consulate in Sault Ste. Marie
No Portuguese consulate is based in Sault Ste. Marie. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in New York: 946 miles of road, around 17 h 17 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in New York (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Sault Ste. Marie go.
By car, 946 miles and about 17 h 17 min without traffic; in a straight line, 653 miles.
There is no time difference between Sault Ste. Marie and the office.
Other cities in Michigan near Sault Ste. Marie
Around Sault Ste. Marie: Traverse City, 135 miles; Marquette, 145 miles; Flint, 243 miles. The table on the Michigan page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Sault Ste. Marie the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the state’s Vital Records office (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Chippewa County, where Sault Ste. Marie is, ask the Chippewa 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 Sault Ste. Marie without traveling
Without the trip, from Sault Ste. Marie:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (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).