Israeli consulate in Tafuna: the office is in San Francisco
No Israeli consulate operates in Tafuna. From Tafuna, the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco is 4,772 miles away across the ocean, so getting there means flying.
Which Israeli consulate serves Tafuna
No Israeli office names American Samoa on its list of states. The Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco is the nearest office in a straight line, 4,772 miles away, and that is our reading, not a published rule: email the office before you travel.
From Tafuna the office is 4,772 miles away in a straight line, with the ocean in between; a visit means a flight, so look first at what goes by mail.
Mind the clock: San Francisco runs three hours ahead of Tafuna in winter and four hours in summer.
Cities in American Samoa near Tafuna
In a straight line from Tafuna: Pago Pago, 4 miles. The American Samoa page has the distance to San Francisco from its main places.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Tafuna for an Israeli mission
In American Samoa, registering a child born in Tafuna with Israel’s Population Registry starts from an original birth certificate from the Office of Vital Statistics of the American Samoa Government, in Pago Pago (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The fee is on the American Samoa page, and the requirement on the mission’s birth notice page.
Papers from American Samoa for use in Israel need the apostille of the Secretary of American Samoa (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Tafuna without traveling
- You can renew an adult passport by mail if you visited Israel in the last ten years and still have the old one: Israeli passport.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.
- You can get a U.S. document apostilled by the state that issued it before you send it to Israel: Apostille and documents.