Portuguese Consulate in Portsmouth
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Portsmouth have to travel. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston, 58 miles and about 1 h 18 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Portsmouth
For Portsmouth, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in Boston decides, and it includes New Hampshire (source).
The fastest route covers 58 miles and takes about 1 h 18 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 52 miles.
There is no time difference between Portsmouth and the office.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Portsmouth is in Gloucester (dates still to be set), 31 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New Hampshire near Portsmouth
The closest in a straight line are Manchester, 36 miles; Concord (New Hampshire), 40 miles; Nashua, 42 miles.
The U.S. papers from Portsmouth the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in New Hampshire is issued by the Division of Vital Records Administration (CDC).
The county of Portsmouth is Rockingham County; the CDC send marriage certificate requests to the county of the license (CDC), and the marriage transcription wants it apostilled.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in New Hampshire it is issued by the New Hampshire Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Portsmouth without traveling
What people in Portsmouth handle remotely:
- 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).