Portuguese Consulate in Richmond (Virginia)
The Portuguese consulate that serves Richmond (Virginia) is outside the city. Its office is the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington: 108 miles by road, roughly 2 h 12 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Richmond (Virginia)
Virginia 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 (Virginia) go.
It is 108 miles by road and 97 miles in a straight line; the calculated drive takes 2 h 12 min, before traffic.
There is no time difference between Richmond (Virginia) and the office.
The nearest outreach visit to Richmond (Virginia) is the one in Wilmington, 183 miles away (dates still to be set), run by the Portuguese Consulate General in Newark (source).
Other cities in Virginia near Richmond (Virginia)
The closest in a straight line are Newport News, 59 miles; Charlottesville, 66 miles; Hampton, 71 miles.
The U.S. papers from Richmond (Virginia) the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Virginia is issued by the Office of Vital Records (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Virginia it is issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Richmond (Virginia) without traveling
Without the trip, from Richmond (Virginia):
- 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).
- You can send the citizenship-by-marriage application straight to Lisbon: citizenship by marriage (source).