Portuguese Consulate in Aberdeen
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Aberdeen will not find one in town. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,398 miles by road, roughly 26 h 26 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Aberdeen
South Dakota 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 Aberdeen go.
The fastest route covers 1,398 miles and takes about 26 h 26 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 1,183 miles.
Seen from Aberdeen, the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
Other cities in South Dakota near Aberdeen
Cities near Aberdeen: Sioux Falls, 158 miles; Rapid City, 251 miles. The South Dakota page lists them all, with the drive to the office.
The U.S. papers from Aberdeen the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in South Dakota, you need the local birth certificate: the state Vital Records office issues it (CDC).
Aberdeen is in Brown County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Brown County Register of Deeds, according to the CDC directory (CDC). That certificate, with an apostille, is what goes with the marriage transcription.
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in South Dakota it is issued by the South Dakota Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Aberdeen without traveling
This can be settled from Aberdeen without traveling:
- 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).