Portuguese Consulate in Orlando
There is no Portuguese consulate in Orlando. The city belongs to the Consular Office in Palm Coast: 80 miles of road, around 1 h 34 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Orlando
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).
It is 80 miles by road and 71 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 1 h 34 min, before traffic.
Orlando keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The nearest outreach visit to Orlando is the one in Miami, 204 miles away (the last one was on August 10), run by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source).
Other cities in Florida near Orlando
Around Orlando: Kissimmee, 17 miles; Lakeland, 49 miles; Palm Bay, 59 miles. The table on the Florida page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Orlando 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 Orlando without traveling
No travel needed from Orlando for this:
- 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).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).