Israeli consulate in Bakersfield: the office is in San Francisco
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Bakersfield. The office for Bakersfield is the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco, about 282 miles away by road (5 h 17 min).
Which Israeli consulate serves Bakersfield
Two offices divide California, and their own words are quoted on the California page.
By our reading, Bakersfield belongs to San Francisco: its center is in congressional district 20 of the 2023-2027 map, and San Francisco’s page claims “Districts 1-22” (source).
On the road it is 282 miles from Bakersfield to the office, about 5 h 17 min in good conditions, or 251 miles as the crow flies.
Calls to San Francisco need no time conversion from Bakersfield: both run on the same clock.
In a straight line the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is nearer, 97 miles from Bakersfield, but our reading goes by the district, not by distance.
Other cities in California near Bakersfield
From Bakersfield, as the crow flies: Lancaster, 67 miles; Visalia, 68 miles; Santa Clarita, 72 miles. For the road to San Francisco from the main cities, see the California page.
Birth and marriage papers from Bakersfield: which U.S. office issues them
For a child born in Bakersfield, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The California page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
In Kern County, where Bakersfield is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Kern County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage), according to the CDC’s directory for California (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
The California Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from California (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Bakersfield 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.