Portuguese Consulate in Columbia (South Carolina)
There is no Portuguese consulate in Columbia (South Carolina). Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 483 miles by road, roughly 9 h 2 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Columbia (South Carolina)
South Carolina 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 Columbia (South Carolina) go.
A routing engine puts the drive at 483 miles and 9 h 2 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 405 miles.
Columbia (South Carolina) and the office share the same time all year.
In a straight line, the Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer to Columbia (South Carolina) (307 miles), but the jurisdiction list sends South Carolina to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in South Carolina near Columbia (South Carolina)
Around Columbia (South Carolina): Spartanburg, 83 miles; Greenville, 97 miles; North Charleston, 100 miles. The table on the South Carolina page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Columbia (South Carolina) the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in South Carolina, you need the local birth certificate: DPH – Vital Records issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in South Carolina it is issued by the South Carolina Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Columbia (South Carolina) without traveling
Without the trip, from Columbia (South Carolina):
- 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).