Portuguese Consulate in Carson City
There is no Portuguese consulate in Carson City. The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco is the office for Carson City, 217 miles away by road, about 4 h 50 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Carson City
Nevada is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Carson City go.
By car, 217 miles and about 4 h 50 min without traffic; in a straight line, 173 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Carson City is on the same time.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Carson City is in Turlock (the last one was on April 13), 129 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Nevada near Carson City
The closest in a straight line are Reno, 25 miles; Sparks, 28 miles; North Las Vegas, 326 miles.
The U.S. papers from Carson City the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Nevada, you need the local birth certificate: the Office of Vital Records issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Nevada it is issued by the Nevada Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Carson City without traveling
From Carson City, without going to the office:
- 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).