Portuguese Consulate in Tampa
The Portuguese consulate that serves Tampa is outside the city. Its office is the Consular Office in Palm Coast: 163 miles by road, roughly 3 h 9 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Tampa
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 road it is 163 miles (3 h 9 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 134 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Tampa is on the same time.
In Miami, 204 miles from Tampa, the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds an outreach visit in 2026: the last one was on August 10 (source).
Other cities in Florida near Tampa
Cities near Tampa: Brandon, 10 miles; Riverview, 13 miles; St. Petersburg, 16 miles. The Florida page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Tampa 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 Tampa without traveling
Without the trip, from Tampa:
- 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).