Israeli consulate in Jonesboro: the office is in Houston
The Israeli consulate that handles Jonesboro is outside the city. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston is the office for Jonesboro: 570 miles by road, about 10 h 38 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Jonesboro
Arkansas belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source), and Jonesboro with it.
A routing engine puts the drive at 570 miles and 10 h 38 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 504 miles.
No time difference to work out: Jonesboro runs on the same time as Houston.
Houston’s notice says the Consulate General in Atlanta takes the appointments of Southwest residents while the building is renovated (source), and Houston still answers email and mail. Atlanta’s visiting days are on its page.
In a straight line, the Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta is closer to Jonesboro (385 miles), but the lists of states send Arkansas to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston.
Other cities in Arkansas near Jonesboro
The nearest cities to Jonesboro, in a straight line: Little Rock, 117 miles; Fayetteville, 194 miles; Fort Smith, 211 miles. The Arkansas page gives the drive to Houston from its main cities.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Jonesboro come from
For a child born in Jonesboro, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Vital Records Section of the Arkansas Department of Health, in Little Rock (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Arkansas page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
For a marriage in Craighead County, the county of Jonesboro, the CDC’s directory for Arkansas sends requests to the Craighead County Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the mission asks for the certificate with an apostille.
The apostille for a public document from Arkansas is issued by the Arkansas Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Jonesboro 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.