Portuguese Consulate in Cicero
No Portuguese consulate is based in Cicero. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 700 miles by road, roughly 13 h 15 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Cicero
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington lists Illinois in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Cicero in its hands.
By road it is 700 miles (13 h 15 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 599 miles.
There is a 1 hour difference between Cicero and the office (ahead of), all year.
Closer, 166 miles away in a straight line, is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
The nearest outreach visit to Cicero is the one in Chicago, 4 miles away (the last one was on July 6), run by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington (source).
Other cities in Illinois near Cicero
Cities near Cicero: Chicago, 7 miles; Evanston, 14 miles; Bloomingdale, 19 miles. The Illinois page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Cicero the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health (CDC).
For the marriage transcription, a marriage in Cook County (the county of Cicero) is proven with the certificate from the Cook County Clerk (CDC), apostilled.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Illinois it is issued by the Illinois Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Cicero without traveling
This can be settled from Cicero without traveling:
- 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).
- You can handle certificates and marriage and death registrations by mail: marriage, birth and death registration (source).