Portuguese Consulate in Fairfax
A Portuguese consulate in Fairfax does not exist: another office covers the city. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 19 miles by road, roughly 29 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Fairfax
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington lists Virginia in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Fairfax in its hands.
The fastest route covers 19 miles and takes about 29 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 15 miles.
Fairfax keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Fairfax is in Wilmington (dates still to be set), 113 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Virginia near Fairfax
The closest in a straight line are Falls Church, 8 miles; McLean, 9 miles; Manassas, 11 miles.
The U.S. papers from Fairfax the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Office of Vital Records (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Virginia it is issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Fairfax without traveling
What people in Fairfax handle remotely:
- You can handle certificates and marriage and death registrations by mail: marriage, birth and death registration (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).