Portuguese Consulate in Bowling Green
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Bowling Green will not find one in town. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 663 miles of road, around 12 h 27 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Bowling Green
The jurisdiction page of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington includes Kentucky (source): that is the office for Bowling Green.
By road it is 663 miles (12 h 27 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 529 miles.
The office is 1 hour ahead of Bowling Green all year: keep that in mind when you read its hours.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis, 193 miles away. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
Other cities in Kentucky near Bowling Green
Cities near Bowling Green: Louisville, 95 miles; Nicholasville, 120 miles; Lexington, 129 miles. The Kentucky page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Bowling Green the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Warren County, where Bowling Green is, ask the Warren County Court Clerk for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Kentucky it is issued by the Kentucky Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Bowling Green without traveling
From Bowling Green, without going to the office:
- 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).