Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
The Portuguese Consulate General in Newark, at Riverfront Plaza, serves New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, and holds outreach visits in Philadelphia and Wilmington.
How to book an appointment at the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
Appointments are booked on the foreign ministry’s booking platform (source).
Appointments open on the last Friday of each month, after 2:00 p.m., for the following month only; they are not taken by phone or email (source).
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday without an appointment, first come first served and up to 50 acts a day, for the citizen card, passport, signature recognition and certified copies; Thursday by appointment only (source).
Newark, NJ 07102
Thursday appointments are not taken by phone or email: only through the platform.
How to cancel an appointment at the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
The appointment is canceled or rescheduled on the same booking platform, with the account used to book it. Newark asks people who drop out to cancel so the slot goes to someone else (source).
Getting to the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
The address is One Riverfront Plaza (The Legal Center), Suite 40, Newark, NJ 07102 (source); the map is in the contact block above.
Real reviews of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
The Consulate General in Newark averages 3.5 stars from 264 reviews on Google, the most-reviewed Portuguese office in the U.S.
On walk-in days you wait a good while, but they are attentive when your turn comes. They only take cash, ideally close to exact change, or money orders.
Marisa, September 2026
The front-desk employee gave me contradictory information and I was sent back and forth.
Nela, January 2026
I went to renew my passport without an appointment and it was quick; friendly staff and a short wait.
Mauricio, April 2026
Reviews rewritten in our words from Google’s; the facts in them are the reviewers’ own.
Opening hours of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
Public hours are Monday to Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Fridays, emergencies only) (source).
The office closes on the Portuguese and U.S. holidays on its holiday calendar (source).
Phone number of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark
973-643-4200: the first number on its contact page (source).
973-643-2158: the second number (source).
For civil registry and notarial acts: [email protected].
For visas: [email protected].
What this office handles in Newark
On walk-in days it does citizen cards, passports, signature recognition and certified copies; children’s citizenship, marriage transcriptions, powers of attorney and visas go on Thursdays, by appointment.
It has 3 territories on its list: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
Guides to the 11 procedures handled at this office:
What you can settle without traveling
No travel needed from Newark for this:
- 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).