Portuguese Consulate in Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek has no Portuguese consulate of its own. The Consular Office in Palm Coast is the office for Coconut Creek, 250 miles away by road, about 4 h 40 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Coconut Creek
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, 250 miles and about 4 h 40 min without traffic; in a straight line, 237 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Coconut Creek is on the same time.
Closer, 33 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.
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Coconut Creek in 2026 is in Miami, 33 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on August 10; source).
Other cities in Florida near Coconut Creek
The closest in a straight line are Pompano Beach, 3 miles; Coral Springs, 5 miles; Deerfield Beach, 7 miles.
The U.S. papers from Coconut Creek the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child 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 Coconut Creek without traveling
Without the trip, from Coconut Creek:
- 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).