Portuguese Consulate in Hoover
No Portuguese consulate is based in Hoover. It is served by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 754 miles away by road (about 13 h 52 min).
Which Portuguese consulate serves Hoover
Alabama is on the jurisdiction list of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Hoover go.
By road it is 754 miles (13 h 52 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 668 miles.
There is a 1 hour difference between Hoover and the office (ahead of), all year.
In a straight line, the Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer to Hoover (423 miles), but the jurisdiction list sends Alabama to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in New Orleans (291 miles). Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
Other cities in Alabama near Hoover
Near Hoover, in a straight line: Birmingham, 12 miles; Tuscaloosa, 43 miles; Montgomery, 74 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Hoover the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Alabama, you need the local birth certificate: the Alabama Center for Health Statistics issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Alabama it is issued by the Alabama Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Hoover without traveling
What people in Hoover handle remotely:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
- 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).