Portuguese Consulate in Cedar Rapids
No Portuguese consulate is based in Cedar Rapids. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 929 miles of road, around 17 h 25 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Cedar Rapids
Iowa 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 Cedar Rapids go.
By road it is 929 miles (17 h 25 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 797 miles.
Seen from Cedar Rapids, the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis, 326 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Cedar Rapids is in Chicago (the last one was on July 6), 205 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Iowa near Cedar Rapids
Cities near Cedar Rapids: Iowa City, 23 miles; Dubuque, 63 miles; Davenport, 65 miles. The Iowa page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Cedar Rapids the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Iowa is issued by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Iowa it is issued by the Iowa Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Cedar Rapids without traveling
From Cedar Rapids, 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 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).