Portuguese Consulate in Boca Raton
No Portuguese consulate is based in Boca Raton. People here handle their papers with the Consular Office in Palm Coast, 246 miles and about 4 h 33 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Boca Raton
The Consular Section in Washington has Florida in its jurisdiction (source) and serves the state from Palm Coast, where voters registered in Florida also vote (source).
By road it is 246 miles (4 h 33 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 232 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Boca Raton is on the same time.
Closer, 41 miles away in a straight line, is the honorary consulate in Miami. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Boca Raton is in Miami (the last one was on August 10), 41 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Florida near Boca Raton
The closest in a straight line are Deerfield Beach, 3 miles; Pompano Beach, 9 miles; Coconut Creek, 9 miles.
The U.S. papers from Boca Raton the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Florida is issued by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Florida it is issued by the Florida Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Boca Raton without traveling
This can be settled from Boca Raton without traveling:
- 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).
- You can handle certificates and marriage and death registrations by mail: marriage, birth and death registration (source).