Israeli consulate in Gilbert: the office is in Los Angeles
The Israeli consulate for Gilbert is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is the office for Gilbert: 418 miles by road, about 7 h 38 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Gilbert
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles includes Arizona; that makes it the office for Gilbert.
By road, Gilbert is 418 miles from the office, about 7 h 38 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 390 miles.
Los Angeles is one hour behind Gilbert in winter and on the same time in summer, because only one side changes its clocks.
Los Angeles works strictly by appointment, without walk-ins; for an urgent case its contact page says to book the nearest free slot and then email to ask for an earlier one (source).
Other cities in Arizona near Gilbert
In a straight line from Gilbert: Chandler, 6 miles; Mesa, 9 miles; Tempe, 12 miles. The Arizona page has the drive to Los Angeles from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Gilbert for an Israeli mission
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Gilbert asks for, in the original, is issued by the Bureau of Vital Records of the Arizona Department of Health Services, in Phoenix (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Arizona page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
For a marriage license issued in Maricopa County, the county that includes Gilbert, the CDC’s directory for Arizona sends you to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Maricopa County (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
A public document from Arizona goes to Israel with an apostille from the Arizona Secretary of State (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.
What you can settle from Gilbert 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 apply for the ETA-IL online at the Population Authority’s site; a U.S. passport holder needs no visa for a short visit: ETA-IL and visas.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.