Portuguese Consulate in Clifton
Clifton has no Portuguese consulate of its own. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark, 11 miles and about 17 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Clifton
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 Clifton go.
It is 11 miles by road and 8 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 17 min, before traffic.
Clifton and the office share the same time all year.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Clifton is in Yonkers (the next one is on November 18), 17 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New Jersey near Clifton
The closest in a straight line are Paterson, 4 miles; Kearny, 6 miles; East Orange, 7 miles.
The U.S. papers from Clifton 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 Clifton without traveling
Without the trip, from Clifton:
- 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).