Portuguese Consulate in Fort Lauderdale
No Portuguese consulate is based in Fort Lauderdale. The Consular Office in Palm Coast is the office for Fort Lauderdale, 258 miles away by road, about 4 h 52 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Fort Lauderdale
Washington lists Florida (source); the Section’s office in Palm Coast is the state’s service point and the polling station for its voters (source).
By car, 258 miles and about 4 h 52 min without traffic; in a straight line, 246 miles.
There is no time difference between Fort Lauderdale and the office.
The honorary consulate in Miami is 24 miles away in a straight line. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
The nearest outreach visit to Fort Lauderdale is the one in Miami, 24 miles away (the last one ran from August 10 to 21), run by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source).
Other cities in Florida near Fort Lauderdale
Cities near Fort Lauderdale: Lauderhill, 6 miles; Plantation, 7 miles; Hollywood, 8 miles. The Florida page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Fort Lauderdale the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from 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 Fort Lauderdale without traveling
Without the trip, from Fort Lauderdale:
- 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).