Portuguese Consulate in Saipan
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Saipan will not find one in town. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 5,677 miles away in a straight line; there is no road, only a flight.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Saipan
The Northern Mariana Islands 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 Saipan go.
To the office, 5,677 miles in a straight line, and a flight.
Count on 17 hours of difference in summer and 18 hours in winter.
Other cities in the Northern Mariana Islands near Saipan
Around Saipan: Tinian, 18 miles. The table on the Northern Mariana Islands page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Saipan the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in the Northern Mariana Islands, you need the local birth certificate: the Health and Vital Statistics Office of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in the Northern Mariana Islands it is issued by the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands or the Clerk of the Commonwealth Trial Court (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Saipan without traveling
No travel needed from Saipan for this:
- 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).