Portuguese Consulate in Cincinnati
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Cincinnati have to travel. People here handle their papers with the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 520 miles and about 10 h 2 min away by car.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Cincinnati
Ohio 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 Cincinnati go.
It is 520 miles by road and 401 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 10 h 2 min, before traffic.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Cincinnati is on the same time.
The honorary consulate in Indianapolis is 99 miles away in a straight line. Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
Other cities in Ohio near Cincinnati
The closest in a straight line are Dayton, 49 miles; Columbus (Ohio), 100 miles; Westerville, 111 miles.
The U.S. papers from Cincinnati the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Ohio, you need the local birth certificate: Vital Statistics at the Ohio Department of Health issues it (CDC).
In Hamilton County, the county of Cincinnati, marriage certificates come from the Hamilton County Probate Court, according to the CDC (CDC). The marriage transcription asks for it with an apostille.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Ohio it is issued by the Ohio Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Cincinnati without traveling
What people in Cincinnati handle remotely:
- 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).