Portuguese Consulate in Bellingham
The Portuguese consulate that serves Bellingham is outside the city. People here handle their papers with the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 897 miles and about 17 h 28 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bellingham
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco lists Washington State in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Bellingham in its hands.
By road it is 897 miles (17 h 28 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 758 miles.
Bellingham keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Bellingham in 2026 is in Seattle, 79 miles away in a straight line (the last one ran from February 26 to 27; source).
Other cities in Washington State near Bellingham
The closest in a straight line are Blaine, 20 miles; Everett (Washington), 55 miles; Port Angeles, 62 miles.
The U.S. papers from Bellingham the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Washington State it is issued by the Washington Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Bellingham without traveling
No travel needed from Bellingham for this:
- 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).