Portuguese Consulate in Allentown
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Allentown will not find one in town. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark: 79 miles by road, roughly 1 h 42 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Allentown
The Portuguese Consulate General in Newark lists Pennsylvania in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Allentown in its hands.
By road it is 79 miles (1 h 42 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 69 miles.
There is no time difference between Allentown and the office.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Allentown is in Philadelphia (dates still to be set), 45 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Pennsylvania near Allentown
The closest in a straight line are Bethlehem, 5 miles; Reading, 30 miles; Philadelphia, 48 miles.
The U.S. papers from Allentown the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Division of Vital Records (CDC).
Allentown is in Lehigh County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Marriage License Clerk at the Lehigh County Courthouse, 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 Pennsylvania it is issued by the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Allentown without traveling
From Allentown, without going to the office:
- 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).