Portuguese Consulate in Providence
The Portuguese consulate in Providence, in the Hanley Building on Pine Street, is the office for Rhode Island and provides consular services and “Consulado em Casa” to Portuguese citizens in the state.
How to book an appointment at the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
The office’s page does not describe a booking system; public hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (source).
Providence, RI 02903
It takes cash payments only.
How to cancel an appointment at the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
To cancel or change an appointment, email [email protected], the office’s address (source).
Getting to the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
The address is 56 Pine Street, Hanley Building, 6th Floor, Providence, RI 02903 (source); the map is in the contact block above.
Real reviews of the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
The consulate in Providence averages 3.7 stars from 125 reviews on Google, with opposite accounts of how people are treated.
My son went for his citizen card and says he did not wait long and the process was quick.
Arlette, June 2025
I was received very rudely: no one introduced themselves or even got up to help me.
Fernanda, February 2023
I live in Connecticut and prefer to drive to Providence: the clerk knows the job well and is very patient.
Raul, November 2019
Reviews rewritten in our words from Google’s; the facts in them are the reviewers’ own.
Opening hours of the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
Public hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (source).
The office closes on the Portuguese and U.S. holidays on its holiday calendar (source).
Phone number of the Portuguese Consulate in Providence
401-301-5019: the consulate’s number (source).
What this office handles in Providence
Every service on its menus except visas.
It has 1 territory on its list: Rhode Island.
The Providence consulate says it does not process visa applications and sends applicants to the posts “nearest, in Boston, New Bedford, Newark or New York”; New Bedford’s jurisdiction page says Rhode Island residents must apply for a visa through New Bedford. Neither page is dated. (sources: 1, 2)
Providence’s jurisdiction page in English still calls it the “Vice-Consulate of Portugal in Providence”; the Portal das Comunidades and the Portuguese version call it a Consulate. (sources: 1, 2)
What you can settle without traveling
This can be settled from Providence without traveling:
- 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).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).