Israeli consulate in Costa Mesa: the office is in Los Angeles

There is no Israeli consulate in Costa Mesa. Residents of Costa Mesa go to the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, 48 miles away (1 h by road).

Which Israeli consulate serves Costa Mesa

San Francisco and Los Angeles share California between them; the California page sets out both pages’ wording.

San Francisco’s page serves “Northern California (Districts 1-22)” (source). We read those as congressional districts on the 2023-2027 map: the center of Costa Mesa is in district 47, outside that range, so this page sends it to Los Angeles. That is our reading, not a published rule.

A routing engine puts the drive at 48 miles and 1 h at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 41 miles.

No time difference to work out: Costa Mesa runs on the same time as Los Angeles.

Other cities in California near Costa Mesa

The nearest cities to Costa Mesa, in a straight line: Fountain Valley, 4 miles; Irvine, 5 miles; Huntington Beach, 6 miles. The California page gives the drive to Los Angeles from its main cities.

Costa Mesa: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates

A child born in Costa Mesa is registered with Israel on the strength of an original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page).

In California that certificate comes from the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the fee is on the California page.

Costa Mesa is in Orange County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Orange County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage), according to the CDC’s directory for California (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).

The mission takes it only with an apostille.

Papers from California for use in Israel need the apostille of the California Secretary of State (HCCH list).

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