Israeli consulate in Garden Grove: the office is in Los Angeles
There is no Israeli consulate in Garden Grove. From Garden Grove, the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is 42 miles by road, around 52 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Garden Grove
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 Garden Grove 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 Garden Grove is 42 miles, around 52 min without traffic, against 35 miles in a straight line.
No time difference to work out: Garden Grove runs on the same time as Los Angeles.
Other cities in California near Garden Grove
Cities close to Garden Grove, in a straight line: Westminster, 3 miles; Anaheim, 5 miles; Fountain Valley, 5 miles. The California page lists the drive to Los Angeles from the cities that have a page.
Birth and marriage records for people in Garden Grove
A child born in Garden Grove 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.
For a marriage license issued in Orange County, the county that includes Garden Grove, the CDC’s directory for California sends you to the Orange County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
The apostille for a public document from California is issued by the California Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Garden Grove 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.