Portuguese Consulate in Clearwater
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Clearwater have to travel. The city belongs to the Consular Office in Palm Coast: 185 miles of road, around 3 h 42 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Clearwater
Florida belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source), which serves the state in person at its Consular Office in Palm Coast; voters registered in Florida also cast their ballots there (source).
By car, 185 miles and about 3 h 42 min without traffic; in a straight line, 146 miles.
Clearwater keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Clearwater in 2026 is in Miami, 220 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on August 10; source).
Other cities in Florida near Clearwater
The closest in a straight line are St. Petersburg, 17 miles; Tampa, 21 miles; Brandon, 31 miles.
The U.S. papers from Clearwater the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Florida, you need the local birth certificate: the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health issues it (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 Clearwater without traveling
From Clearwater, without going to the office:
- 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).
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).