Israeli consulate in Tucson: the office is in Los Angeles
The Israeli consulate for Tucson is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is the office for Tucson: 501 miles by road, about 9 h.
Which Israeli consulate serves Tucson
The Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles names Arizona among the places it serves (source): it is the office for Tucson.
Driving from Tucson takes about 9 h for 501 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 451 miles.
Mind the clock: in winter Los Angeles runs one hour behind Tucson; in summer the two share the same time.
Every visit to Los Angeles needs an appointment; if your case is urgent, its contact page says to take the nearest slot and email for an earlier one (source).
Other cities in Arizona near Tucson
The nearest cities to Tucson, in a straight line: San Tan Valley, 74 miles; Gilbert, 87 miles; Chandler, 90 miles. The Arizona page gives the drive to Los Angeles from its main cities.
Tucson: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Tucson from the Bureau of Vital Records of the Arizona Department of Health Services, in Phoenix (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the Arizona page lists the fee.
In Pima County, where Tucson is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pima County, according to the CDC’s directory for Arizona (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
The Arizona Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Arizona (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Tucson 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.