Portuguese Consulate in Santa Fe
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Santa Fe will not find one in town. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 1,147 miles of road, around 20 h 26 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Santa Fe
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 Santa Fe go.
By road it is 1,147 miles (20 h 26 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 924 miles.
The office is 1 hour behind Santa Fe all year: keep that in mind when you read its hours.
The nearest outreach visit to Santa Fe is the one in Colorado Springs, 229 miles away (dates still to be set), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source).
Other cities in New Mexico near Santa Fe
Near Santa Fe, in a straight line: Rio Rancho, 51 miles; Albuquerque, 58 miles; Roswell, 178 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Santa Fe the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in New Mexico is issued by New Mexico Vital Records (CDC).
Santa Fe is in Santa Fe County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe without traveling
Without the trip, from Santa Fe:
- 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).
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).