Portuguese Consulate in Augusta
A Portuguese consulate in Augusta does not exist: another office covers the city. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 550 miles by road, roughly 10 h 22 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Augusta
Georgia is on the jurisdiction list of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Augusta go.
The fastest route covers 550 miles and takes about 10 h 22 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 466 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Augusta is on the same time.
Closer in a straight line, 274 miles away, is the Consular Office in Palm Coast; but the published split gives Georgia to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in Georgia near Augusta
Cities near Augusta: Athens, 87 miles; Macon, 105 miles; Savannah, 109 miles. The Georgia page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Augusta the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Georgia, you need the local birth certificate: the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office issues it (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 Augusta without traveling
What people in Augusta handle remotely:
- 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).
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).