Portuguese Consulate in New Rochelle
New Rochelle has no Portuguese consulate of its own. It is served by the Portuguese Consulate General in New York, 18 miles away by road (about 32 min).
Which Portuguese consulate serves New Rochelle
New York is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in New York (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from New Rochelle go.
A routing engine puts the drive at 18 miles and 32 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 15 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: New Rochelle is on the same time.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to New Rochelle is in Mount Vernon (the last one was on September 30), 2 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in New York near New Rochelle
Cities near New Rochelle: Mount Vernon, 3 miles; Yonkers, 6 miles; White Plains, 9 miles. The New York page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from New Rochelle the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the state Vital Records Section’s Certification Unit (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in New York it is issued by the New York Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from New Rochelle without traveling
What people in New Rochelle handle remotely:
- 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).