Portuguese Consulate in Lithonia
There is no Portuguese consulate in Lithonia. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 638 miles of road, around 12 h 20 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Lithonia
For Lithonia, the list of states of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington decides, and it includes Georgia (source).
It is 638 miles by road and 532 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 12 h 20 min, before traffic.
Lithonia keeps the office’s time, summer and winter.
Closer in a straight line, 333 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 Lithonia
Around Lithonia: Stone Mountain, 8 miles; Decatur, 12 miles; Snellville, 12 miles. The table on the Georgia page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Lithonia 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 Lithonia without traveling
No travel needed from Lithonia for this:
- 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).
