Portuguese Consulate in Bethlehem
A Portuguese consulate in Bethlehem does not exist: another office covers the city. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark: 74 miles of road, around 1 h 34 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bethlehem
For Bethlehem, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark decides, and it includes Pennsylvania (source).
The fastest route covers 74 miles and takes about 1 h 34 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 64 miles.
Bethlehem keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Bethlehem is in Philadelphia (dates still to be set), 44 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Pennsylvania near Bethlehem
Around Bethlehem: Allentown, 5 miles; Reading, 35 miles; Philadelphia, 47 miles. The table on the Pennsylvania page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Bethlehem the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Pennsylvania is issued by the Division of Vital Records (CDC).
Bethlehem also spreads into Lehigh county. In the county of its center, Northampton County, the marriage certificate comes from the Marriage License Clerk at the Northampton County Courthouse (CDC); the marriage transcription asks for it with an apostille.
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 Bethlehem without traveling
Without the trip, from Bethlehem:
- 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).