Portuguese Consulate in Springfield (Missouri)
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Springfield (Missouri) will not find one in town. People here handle their papers with the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 1,056 miles and about 19 h 42 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Springfield (Missouri)
Missouri 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 Springfield (Missouri) go.
It is 1,056 miles by road and 891 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 19 h 42 min, before traffic.
Seen from Springfield (Missouri), the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
Distance does not decide the office: the Consular Office in Palm Coast is 873 miles away in a straight line, and Missouri belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in Missouri near Springfield (Missouri)
Around Springfield (Missouri): Columbia (Missouri), 131 miles; Lee's Summit, 132 miles; Independence, 144 miles. The table on the Missouri page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Springfield (Missouri) the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Bureau of Vital Records of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (CDC).
Springfield (Missouri) also spreads into Christian county. In the county of its center, Greene County, the marriage certificate comes from the Greene County Recorder of Deeds (CDC); the marriage transcription asks for it with an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Missouri it is issued by the Missouri Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Springfield (Missouri) without traveling
Without the trip, from Springfield (Missouri):
- 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).