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Apostille & Legalization for Portugal
How to authenticate a U.S. document for use in Portugal: whether it needs an apostille or embassy legalization, translation requirements, and how we handle the whole process.
As a Hague Convention member, Portugal recognizes a single apostille certificate from the U.S. Department of State. No embassy legalization step is required.
If you are sending a U.S. document to Portugal — for D7 and golden visa residency, retirement, or another purpose — it must be authenticated before Portugal authorities will accept it. This page explains exactly what Portugal requires and how we handle it end to end.
- Route
- Apostille
- Official language
- Portuguese
- Translation
- Certified Portuguese translation usually required.
- Common uses
- D7 and golden visa residency, retirement
The process for Portugal
- Confirm your document is federal (or Florida state, where applicable) and send us the details.
- Ship the document to us with tracking, or drop it at our West Palm Beach office.
- We submit it to the U.S. Department of State for apostille and monitor progress.
- The apostilled document returns to you or your recipient in Portugal with tracking.
Translation for Portugal
Certified Portuguese translation usually required. Where a certified translation is required, we coordinate it as part of your order so the document and its translation move through authentication together.
Documents for Portugal
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