Portuguese Consulate in Fort Smith

For the Portuguese consulate, people in Fort Smith have to travel. People here handle their papers with the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 1,164 miles and about 21 h 2 min away by car.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Fort Smith

Arkansas 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 Fort Smith go.

By road it is 1,164 miles (21 h 2 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 986 miles.

The office’s clock runs 1 hour ahead of the one in Fort Smith.

In a straight line, the Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer to Fort Smith (868 miles), but the jurisdiction list sends Arkansas to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.

The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Houston, 391 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.

Other cities in Arkansas near Fort Smith

Cities near Fort Smith: Fayetteville (Arkansas), 49 miles; Little Rock, 129 miles; Jonesboro, 211 miles. The Arkansas page lists them all, with the drive to the office.

The U.S. papers from Fort Smith the consulate asks for

The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Vital Records Section of the Arkansas Department of Health (CDC).

For the marriage transcription, a marriage in Sebastian County (the county of Fort Smith) is proven with the certificate from the Sebastian County Clerk (CDC), apostilled.

To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Arkansas it is issued by the Arkansas Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).

What you can settle from Fort Smith without traveling

From Fort Smith, without going to the office: