Portuguese Consulate in Plantation
Plantation has no Portuguese consulate of its own. The city belongs to the Consular Office in Palm Coast: 260 miles of road, around 4 h 52 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Plantation
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, 260 miles and about 4 h 52 min without traffic; in a straight line, 244 miles.
Plantation and the office share the same time all year.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Miami, 24 miles away. 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 Plantation in 2026 is in Miami, 24 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on August 10; source).
Other cities in Florida near Plantation
Near Plantation, in a straight line: Davie, 3 miles; Sunrise, 3 miles; Lauderhill, 3 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from Plantation 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 Plantation without traveling
Without the trip, from Plantation:
- 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).