Portuguese Consulate in Yonkers
No Portuguese consulate is based in Yonkers. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in New York, 15 miles and about 26 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Yonkers
The jurisdiction page of the Portuguese Consulate General in New York includes New York (source): that is the office for Yonkers.
By car, 15 miles and about 26 min without traffic; in a straight line, 13 miles.
Yonkers keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The Portuguese Consulate General in New York holds outreach visits in Yonkers itself (the next one is on November 18; source).
Other cities in New York near Yonkers
Cities near Yonkers: Mount Vernon, 3 miles; New Rochelle, 6 miles; White Plains, 10 miles. The New York page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Yonkers the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in New York, you need the local birth certificate: the state Vital Records Section’s Certification Unit issues it (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 Yonkers without traveling
Without the trip, from Yonkers:
- 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).