Portuguese Consulate in Passaic
Passaic has no Portuguese consulate of its own. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark: 10 miles by road, roughly 13 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Passaic
For Passaic, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark decides, and it includes New Jersey (source).
It is 10 miles by road and 9 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 13 min, before traffic.
There is no time difference between Passaic and the office.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Passaic is in Yonkers (the next one is on November 18), 15 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New Jersey near Passaic
Near Passaic, in a straight line: Paterson, 5 miles; Hackensack, 5 miles; Kearny, 6 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Passaic 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 Passaic without traveling
From Passaic, without going to the office:
- 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).