Israeli consulate in Lancaster, California: the office is in Los Angeles
No Israeli consulate operates in Lancaster, California. Residents of Lancaster, California go to the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, 65 miles away (1 h 16 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Lancaster, California
San Francisco and Los Angeles share California between them; the California page sets out both pages’ wording.
The center of Lancaster lies in congressional district 27. San Francisco lists “Districts 1-22” (source), which we take to mean those districts, so Lancaster stays with Los Angeles by our reading.
By road, Lancaster, California is 65 miles from the office, about 1 h 16 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 48 miles.
No time difference to work out: Lancaster, California runs on the same time as Los Angeles.
Other cities in California near Lancaster, California
Cities close to Lancaster, California, in a straight line: Palmdale, 8 miles; Santa Clarita, 27 miles; Burbank, 36 miles. The California page lists the drive to Los Angeles from the cities that have a page.
Lancaster, California: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Lancaster, California asks for, in the original, is issued by the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The California page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
Lancaster, California is in Los Angeles County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Los Angeles 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.
A public document from California goes to Israel with an apostille from the California Secretary of State (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.
What you can settle from Lancaster, California 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 for the Israeli police certificate (teudat yosher) without going in person: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.