Portuguese Consulate in Jonesboro

For the Portuguese consulate, people in Jonesboro have to travel. People here handle their papers with the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 936 miles and about 17 h 19 min away by car.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Jonesboro

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 Jonesboro go.

The fastest route covers 936 miles and takes about 17 h 19 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 779 miles.

The office is 1 hour ahead of Jonesboro all year: keep that in mind when you read its hours.

Closer in a straight line, 701 miles away, is the Consular Office in Palm Coast; but the published split gives Arkansas to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.

The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis, 369 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.

Other cities in Arkansas near Jonesboro

Near Jonesboro, in a straight line: Little Rock, 117 miles; Fayetteville (Arkansas), 194 miles; Fort Smith, 211 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.

The U.S. papers from Jonesboro 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).

If your marriage license came from Craighead County, where Jonesboro is, ask the Craighead County Clerk for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.

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 Jonesboro without traveling

Without the trip, from Jonesboro: