Portuguese Consulate in Tacoma
Anyone looking for a Portuguese consulate in Tacoma will not find one in town. The city belongs to the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco: 778 miles of road, around 15 h 3 min.
Which Portuguese consulate serves Tacoma
For Tacoma, the list of states of the Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco decides, and it includes Washington State (source).
By road it is 778 miles (15 h 3 min at the speed limit); in a straight line, 653 miles.
Read the office’s hours as they are: Tacoma is on the same time.
The Portuguese Consulate General in San Francisco holds consular outreach visits away from its office: the nearest to Tacoma in 2026 is in Seattle, 26 miles away in a straight line (the last one was on February 26; source).
Other cities in Washington State near Tacoma
The closest in a straight line are Federal Way, 7 miles; Kent, 14 miles; Renton, 20 miles.
The U.S. papers from Tacoma the consulate asks for
The U.S. birth certificate the consulate asks for to register a child 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 Tacoma without traveling
No travel needed from Tacoma for this:
- 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).