Portuguese Consulate in Miami Gardens
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Miami Gardens have to travel. The Consular Office in Palm Coast is the office for Miami Gardens, 271 miles away by road, about 5 h 2 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Miami Gardens
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).
It is 271 miles by road and 257 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 5 h 2 min, before traffic.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Miami Gardens is on the same time.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Miami (12 miles). According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
The nearest outreach visit to Miami Gardens is the one in Miami, 12 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 Miami Gardens
Cities near Miami Gardens: Pembroke Pines, 5 miles; Miramar, 6 miles; North Miami, 6 miles. The Florida page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Miami Gardens 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 Miami Gardens without traveling
No travel needed from Miami Gardens for this:
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).
- 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).