Portuguese Consulate in St. Paul
No Portuguese consulate is based in St. Paul. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,096 miles of road, around 20 h 28 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves St. Paul
Minnesota 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 St. Paul go.
By road it is 1,096 miles (20 h 28 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 922 miles.
Seen from St. Paul, the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
Other cities in Minnesota near St. Paul
Near St. Paul, in a straight line: Minneapolis, 9 miles; Brooklyn Park, 17 miles; Minnetonka, 18 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.
The U.S. papers from St. Paul the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Minnesota is issued by the Minnesota Department of Health (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Ramsey County, where St. Paul is, ask the local registrar of Ramsey County for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Minnesota it is issued by the Minnesota Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from St. Paul without traveling
No travel needed from St. Paul for this:
- 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).
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).