Portuguese Consulate in Murfreesboro
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Murfreesboro have to travel. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 665 miles by road, roughly 12 h 17 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Murfreesboro
For Murfreesboro, the list of states of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington decides, and it includes Tennessee (source).
A routing engine puts the drive at 665 miles and 12 h 17 min, at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line it is 556 miles.
The office’s clock runs 1 hour ahead of the one in Murfreesboro.
The Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer in a straight line (530 miles); even so, Tennessee is in the area of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
In a straight line, the nearest honorary office is the honorary consulate in Indianapolis (272 miles). Its entry on the Portal das Comunidades lists no delegated powers, so passports and Citizen Cards are handled at the consulate.
Other cities in Tennessee near Murfreesboro
Around Murfreesboro: Nashville, 29 miles; Clarksville, 71 miles; Chattanooga, 84 miles. The table on the Tennessee page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Murfreesboro the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Tennessee, you need the local birth certificate: Tennessee Vital Records issues it (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Tennessee it is issued by the Tennessee Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Murfreesboro without traveling
No travel needed from Murfreesboro for this:
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).
- 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).