Israeli consulate in Fountain Valley: the office is in Los Angeles
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Fountain Valley. Residents of Fountain Valley go to the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, 43 miles away (53 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Fountain Valley
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 Fountain Valley is in district 45, outside that range, so this page sends it to Los Angeles. That is our reading, not a published rule.
The drive from Fountain Valley is 43 miles, around 53 min without traffic, against 37 miles in a straight line.
Fountain Valley and Los Angeles share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
Other cities in California near Fountain Valley
In a straight line from Fountain Valley: Costa Mesa, 4 miles; Westminster, 4 miles; Garden Grove, 5 miles. The California page has the drive to Los Angeles from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Fountain Valley for an Israeli mission
For a child born in Fountain Valley, 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 Orange County, where Fountain Valley is, certified copies of a marriage record come 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). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
For a birth, marriage or court document issued in California, the apostille comes from the California Secretary of State (HCCH list), not from the consulate.
What you can settle from Fountain Valley 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.