Portuguese Consulate in Roswell
The Portuguese consulate that serves Roswell is outside the city. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 1,285 miles by road, roughly 23 h 2 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Roswell
New Mexico is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Roswell go.
It is 1,285 miles by road and 1,050 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 23 h 2 min, before traffic.
There is a 1 hour difference between Roswell and the office (behind), all year.
Other cities in New Mexico near Roswell
Near Roswell, in a straight line: Las Cruces, 151 miles; Albuquerque, 169 miles; Santa Fe, 178 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Roswell the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in New Mexico, you need the local birth certificate: New Mexico Vital Records issues it (CDC).
Roswell is in Chaves County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Chaves County Clerk, according to the CDC directory (CDC). That certificate, with an apostille, is what goes with the marriage transcription.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in New Mexico it is issued by the New Mexico Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Roswell without traveling
Without the trip, from Roswell:
- 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).