Portuguese Consulate in Trenton
A Portuguese consulate in Trenton does not exist: another office covers the city. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark, 52 miles and about 1 h 15 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Trenton
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 Trenton go.
A routing engine puts the drive at 52 miles and 1 h 15 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 48 miles.
There is no time difference between Trenton and the office.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Trenton is in Philadelphia (dates still to be set), 24 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New Jersey near Trenton
Around Trenton: New Brunswick, 25 miles; Camden, 27 miles; Edison, 27 miles. The table on the New Jersey page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Trenton 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 Trenton without traveling
What people in Trenton handle remotely:
- 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).