Portuguese Consulate in Minot
A Portuguese consulate in Minot does not exist: another office covers the city. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,605 miles by road, roughly 29 h 50 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Minot
For Minot, the list of states of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington decides, and it includes North Dakota (source).
It is 1,605 miles by road and 1,366 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 29 h 50 min, before traffic.
Seen from Minot, the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
Distance does not decide the office: the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco is 1,283 miles away in a straight line, and North Dakota belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in North Dakota near Minot
Cities near Minot: Bismarck, 101 miles; Pembina, 192 miles; Grand Forks, 198 miles. The North Dakota page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Minot the consulate asks for
Registering a child born here and transcribing a marriage both take U.S. papers. The birth certificate comes from the Division of Vital Records of the ND Department of Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in North Dakota it is issued by the North Dakota Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Minot without traveling
Without the trip, from Minot:
- 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).
- You can renew the Citizen Card online through the Consulado Virtual, from age 25: Citizen Card (source).