Portuguese Consulate in Lawton
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Lawton have to travel. It is served by the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, 1,423 miles away by road (about 25 h 22 min).
Which Portuguese consulate serves Lawton
Oklahoma 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 Lawton go.
By road it is 1,423 miles (25 h 22 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 1,216 miles.
The office is 1 hour ahead of Lawton all year: keep that in mind when you read its hours.
Distance does not decide the office: the Consular Office in Palm Coast is 1,063 miles away in a straight line, and Oklahoma belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Houston (377 miles). According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
Other cities in Oklahoma near Lawton
Cities near Lawton: Norman, 69 miles; Oklahoma City, 78 miles; Tulsa, 173 miles. The Oklahoma page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Lawton the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Oklahoma, you need the local birth certificate: the Vital Records Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health issues it (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Comanche County, where Lawton is, ask the Comanche 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 Oklahoma it is issued by the Oklahoma Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Lawton without traveling
No travel needed from Lawton for this:
- 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).
- 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).
