Portuguese Consulate in Coeur d'Alene
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Coeur d'Alene will not find one in town. It is served by the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco, 899 miles away by road (about 17 h 53 min).
Which Portuguese consulate serves Coeur d'Alene
Idaho is on the jurisdiction list of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco (source), so that is where citizen cards, passports and registry acts from Coeur d'Alene go.
By road it is 899 miles (17 h 53 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 741 miles.
There is no time difference between Coeur d'Alene and the office.
Other cities in Idaho near Coeur d'Alene
The closest in a straight line are Bonners Ferry, 74 miles; Meridian, 281 miles; Boise, 282 miles.
The U.S. papers from Coeur d'Alene 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 Records and Health Statistics (CDC).
The county of Coeur d'Alene is Kootenai County; the CDC send marriage certificate requests to the county of the license (CDC), and the marriage transcription wants it apostilled.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Idaho it is issued by the Idaho Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Coeur d'Alene without traveling
From Coeur d'Alene, without going to the office:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (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).
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).
