Israeli consulate in Fort Smith: the office is in Houston
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Fort Smith. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston is the office for Fort Smith: 519 miles by road, about 9 h 23 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Fort Smith
The Israeli Consulate General in Houston counts Arkansas in its district (source), so residents of Fort Smith deal with that office.
By road, Fort Smith is 519 miles from the office, about 9 h 23 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 395 miles.
Calls to Houston need no time conversion from Fort Smith: both run on the same clock.
For anything in person, Houston’s notice points Southwest residents to the Consulate General in Atlanta until its renovation ends (source); Houston keeps answering email and mail. See its page for Atlanta’s visiting days.
Other cities in Arkansas near Fort Smith
Cities close to Fort Smith, in a straight line: Fayetteville, 49 miles; Little Rock, 129 miles; Jonesboro, 211 miles. The Arkansas page lists the drive to Houston from the cities that have a page.
Birth and marriage papers from Fort Smith: which U.S. office issues them
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Fort Smith asks for, in the original, is issued by the Vital Records Section of the Arkansas Department of Health, in Little Rock (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Arkansas page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
In Sebastian County, where Fort Smith is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Sebastian County Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Arkansas (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
Papers from Arkansas for use in Israel need the apostille of the Arkansas Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Fort Smith 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.