Portuguese Consulate in Federal Way
For the Portuguese consulate, people in Federal Way have to travel. Its office is the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 788 miles by road, roughly 15 h 19 min of driving.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Federal Way
For Federal Way, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes Washington State (source).
By road it is 788 miles (15 h 19 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 658 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Federal Way is on the same time.
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Federal Way in 2026 is in Seattle, 21 miles away in a straight line (the last one ran from February 26 to 27; source).
Other cities in Washington State near Federal Way
Around Federal Way: Tacoma, 7 miles; Kent, 7 miles; Renton, 13 miles. The table on the Washington State page gives the drive from each.
The U.S. papers from Federal Way the consulate asks for
For the birth transcription you need the U.S. certificate, which in Washington State is issued by the Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Health (CDC).
To be used in Portugal, the certificate needs an apostille: in Washington State it is issued by the Washington Secretary of State (Hague Conference list).
What you can settle from Federal Way without traveling
This can be settled from Federal Way without traveling:
- You can request a Portuguese criminal record certificate on the criminal record portal: certificates and criminal record (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).