Portuguese Consulate in Frisco
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Frisco will not find one in town. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,329 miles of road, around 24 h 4 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Frisco
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington lists Texas in its jurisdiction (source), which puts Frisco in its hands.
It is 1,329 miles by road and 1,172 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 24 h 4 min, before traffic.
Seen from Frisco, the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
In a straight line, the Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer to Frisco (953 miles), but the jurisdiction list sends Texas to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Houston, 248 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Frisco in 2026 is in Houston, 248 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on November 2; source).
Other cities in Texas near Frisco
The closest in a straight line are Allen, 9 miles; McKinney, 10 miles; Lewisville, 11 miles.
The U.S. papers from Frisco 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).
Frisco also spreads into Denton county. In the county of its center, Collin County, the marriage certificate comes from the Collin County Clerk (CDC); the marriage transcription asks for it with 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 Frisco without traveling
This can be settled from Frisco without traveling:
- 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).
