Portuguese Consulate in Killeen
No Portuguese consulate is based in Killeen. The Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington is the office for Killeen, 1,481 miles away by road, about 26 h 33 min behind the wheel.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Killeen
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 Killeen go.
The fastest route covers 1,481 miles and takes about 26 h 33 min without traffic; the straight-line distance is 1,285 miles.
The office’s clock runs 1 hour ahead of the one in Killeen.
Closer in a straight line, 989 miles away, is the Consular Office in Palm Coast; but the published split gives Texas to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
The nearest honorary consulate in a straight line is the honorary consulate in Houston, 167 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
To avoid the trip to the office there are outreach visits: the closest to Killeen is in Houston (the last one was on November 2), 167 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Texas near Killeen
The closest in a straight line are Round Rock, 41 miles; Waco, 44 miles; Austin, 58 miles.
The U.S. papers from Killeen the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child is issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC).
If your marriage license came from Bell County, where Killeen is, ask the Bell 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 Killeen without traveling
From Killeen, without going to the office:
- 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).
