Portuguese Consulate in Pompano Beach
The Portuguese consulate that serves Pompano Beach is outside the city. Its office is the Consular Office in Palm Coast: 251 miles by road, roughly 4 h 40 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Pompano Beach
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).
By car, 251 miles and about 4 h 40 min without traffic; in a straight line, 239 miles.
Pompano Beach keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The honorary consulate in Miami is 32 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 Pompano Beach is the one in Miami, 32 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 Pompano Beach
Cities near Pompano Beach: Coconut Creek, 3 miles; Deerfield Beach, 6 miles; Fort Lauderdale, 8 miles. The Florida page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Pompano Beach 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 Pompano Beach without traveling
From Pompano Beach, without going to the office:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
- 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).