Portuguese Consulate in Richmond (Texas)
Richmond (Texas) has no Portuguese consulate of its own. The city belongs to the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 1,437 miles of road, around 26 h 26 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Richmond (Texas)
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 Richmond (Texas) go.
It is 1,437 miles by road and 1,245 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 26 h 26 min, before traffic.
Seen from Richmond (Texas), the office’s hours are 1 hour ahead of.
Closer in a straight line, 873 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, 26 miles away. According to the Portal das Comunidades, it is exceptionally authorized for notarial acts and issuing travel documents.
In Houston, 26 miles from Richmond (Texas), the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington holds an outreach visit in 2026: the last one ran from November 2 to 6 (source).
Other cities in Texas near Richmond (Texas)
The closest in a straight line are Sugar Land, 8 miles; Missouri City, 14 miles; Katy, 15 miles.
The U.S. papers from Richmond (Texas) 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).
Richmond (Texas) is in Fort Bend County: for a marriage license issued there, the certificate comes from the Fort Bend County Clerk, according to the CDC directory (CDC). That certificate, with an apostille, is what goes with the marriage transcription.
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 Richmond (Texas) without traveling
What people in Richmond (Texas) handle remotely:
- 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).
- You can handle certificates and marriage and death registrations by mail: marriage, birth and death registration (source).