Portuguese Consulate in Athens
No Portuguese consulate is based in Athens. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 592 miles of road, around 11 h 26 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Athens
For Athens, the list of states of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington decides, and it includes Georgia (source).
A routing engine puts the drive at 592 miles and 11 h 26 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 491 miles.
Athens keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
The Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer in a straight line (329 miles); even so, Georgia is in the area of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in Georgia near Athens
The closest in a straight line are Lawrenceville, 35 miles; Snellville, 37 miles; Lithonia, 45 miles.
The U.S. papers from Athens the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Georgia it is issued by the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Athens without traveling
Without the trip, from Athens:
- 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).