Israeli consulate in Irvine: the office is in Los Angeles

The Israeli consulate that handles Irvine is outside the city. The office for Irvine is the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, about 51 miles away by road (1 h 2 min).

Which Israeli consulate serves Irvine

California has two Israeli offices, and the California page quotes what each one’s page says about the split.

By our reading, Irvine belongs to Los Angeles: its center is in congressional district 47 of the 2023-2027 map, beyond the “Districts 1-22” that San Francisco’s page claims (source).

A routing engine puts the drive at 51 miles and 1 h 2 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 44 miles.

Calls to Los Angeles need no time conversion from Irvine: both run on the same clock.

Other cities in California near Irvine

Cities close to Irvine, in a straight line: Costa Mesa, 5 miles; Santa Ana, 5 miles; Orange, 7 miles. The California page lists the drive to Los Angeles from the cities that have a page.

U.S. birth and marriage papers from Irvine for an Israeli mission

A child born in Irvine 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 in Orange County, the county of Irvine, the CDC’s directory for California sends requests to the Orange County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the mission asks for the certificate with 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.

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