Portuguese Consulate in Bergenfield
The Portuguese consulate that serves Bergenfield is outside the city. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark: 18 miles by road, roughly 30 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bergenfield
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 Bergenfield go.
By car, 18 miles and about 30 min without traffic; in a straight line, 16 miles.
Bergenfield and the office share the same time all year.
In Yonkers, 7 miles from Bergenfield, the Portuguese Consulate General in New York holds an outreach visit in 2026: the next one is on November 18 (source).
Other cities in New Jersey near Bergenfield
Around Bergenfield: Hackensack, 4 miles; Passaic, 8 miles; Paterson, 9 miles. The table on the New Jersey page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Bergenfield the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from 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 Bergenfield without traveling
This can be settled from Bergenfield without traveling:
- 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).
- 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).