Portuguese Consulate in Bayonne
No Portuguese consulate is based in Bayonne. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark: 9 miles of road, around 16 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bayonne
New Jersey is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Bayonne go.
By road it is 9 miles (16 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 5 miles.
Bayonne and the office share the same time all year.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Bayonne is in Jamaica (Queens) (the last one was on June 5), 9 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New Jersey near Bayonne
Cities near Bayonne: Jersey City, 5 miles; Elizabeth, 5 miles; Harrison, 6 miles. The New Jersey page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Bayonne the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics & Registry of the NJ Department of Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in New Jersey it is issued by the New Jersey Division of Revenue (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Bayonne without traveling
Without the trip, from Bayonne:
- 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).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).