Portuguese Consulate in Mesquite
No Portuguese consulate is based in Mesquite. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,322 miles by road, roughly 23 h 48 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Mesquite
The split is by state, and Texas belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, according to its jurisdiction page (source).
By car, 1,322 miles and about 23 h 48 min without traffic; in a straight line, 1,171 miles.
The office’s clock runs 1 hour ahead of the one in Mesquite.
In a straight line, the Consular Office in Palm Coast is closer to Mesquite (934 miles), but the jurisdiction list sends Texas to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington.
Closer, 217 miles away in a straight line, is the honorary consulate in Houston. 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 Mesquite is in Houston (the last one was on November 2), 217 miles away in a straight line (source).
Other cities in Texas near Mesquite
Around Mesquite: Garland, 11 miles; Dallas, 12 miles; Richardson, 16 miles. The table on the Texas page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Mesquite the consulate asks for
If you register a child born in Texas, you need the local birth certificate: the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail issues it (CDC).
Mesquite also spreads into Kaufman county. In the county of its center, Dallas County, the marriage certificate comes from the Dallas 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 Mesquite without traveling
What people in Mesquite handle remotely:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (source).
- 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).