Portuguese Consulate in Brownsville

For the Portuguese consulate, people in Brownsville have to travel. The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington is the office for Brownsville, 1,759 miles away by road, about 32 h 48 min behind the wheel.

Which Portuguese consulate serves Brownsville

Texas 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 Brownsville go.

The fastest route covers 1,759 miles and takes about 32 h 48 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 1,482 miles.

There is a 1 hour difference between Brownsville and the office (ahead of), all year.

The Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer in a straight line (1,021 miles); even so, Texas is in the area of the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.

The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Houston, 291 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.

Other cities in Texas near Brownsville

Near Brownsville, in a straight line: Edinburg, 49 miles; McAllen, 50 miles; Corpus Christi, 122 miles. Each has its own page with its office and distance.

The U.S. papers from Brownsville the consulate asks for

For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Texas is issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC).

If your marriage license came from Cameron County, where Brownsville is, ask the Cameron County Clerk for the certificate (CDC); for the marriage transcription it needs an apostille.

To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Texas it is issued by the Texas Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).

What you can settle from Brownsville without traveling

This can be settled from Brownsville without traveling: