Portuguese Consulate in Louisville

For the Portuguese consulate, people in Louisville have to travel. It is served by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 582 miles away by road (about 10 h 57 min).

Which Portuguese consulate serves Louisville

Kentucky 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 Louisville go.

It is 582 miles by road and 473 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 10 h 57 min, before traffic.

There is no time difference between Louisville and the office.

Closer, 107 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.

Other cities in Kentucky near Louisville

Cities near Louisville: Lexington, 70 miles; Nicholasville, 70 miles; Covington, 88 miles. The Kentucky page lists them all, with the drive to the office.

The U.S. papers from Louisville the consulate asks for

For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Kentucky is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health (CDC).

If your marriage license came from Jefferson County, where Louisville is, ask the Jefferson 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 Louisville without traveling

This can be settled from Louisville without traveling: