Portuguese Consulate in Port St. Lucie
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Port St. Lucie will not find one in town. The Consular Office in Palm Coast is the office for Port St. Lucie, 175 miles away by road, about 3 h 14 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Port St. Lucie
Florida belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source), which serves the state in person at its Consular Office in Palm Coast; voters registered in Florida also cast their ballots there (source).
The fastest route covers 175 miles and takes about 3 h 14 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 165 miles.
Port St. Lucie and the office share the same time all year.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Miami, 105 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
The nearest outreach visit to Port St. Lucie is the one in Miami, 105 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 Port St. Lucie
Around Port St. Lucie: West Palm Beach, 44 miles; Palm Bay, 50 miles; Boca Raton, 67 miles. The table on the Florida page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie without traveling
What people in Port St. Lucie handle remotely:
- 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).
- You can handle certificates and marriage and death registrations by mail: marriage, birth and death registration (source).