Portuguese Consulate in Mount Pleasant
No Portuguese consulate is based in Mount Pleasant. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 539 miles by road, roughly 10 h 4 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Mount Pleasant
For Mount Pleasant, the list of states of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington decides, and it includes South Carolina (source).
By road it is 539 miles (10 h 4 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 450 miles.
There is no time difference between Mount Pleasant and the office.
Closer in a straight line, 238 miles away, is the Consular Office in Palm Coast; but the published split gives South Carolina to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Other cities in South Carolina near Mount Pleasant
The closest in a straight line are Charleston (South Carolina), 5 miles; North Charleston, 7 miles; Myrtle Beach, 83 miles.
The U.S. papers from Mount Pleasant the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in South Carolina is issued by DPH – Vital Records (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 Mount Pleasant without traveling
This can be settled from Mount Pleasant without traveling:
- 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).