Israeli consulate in Long Beach: the office is in Los Angeles

The Israeli consulate for Long Beach is in another city. The office for Long Beach is the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, about 30 miles away by road (40 min).

Which Israeli consulate serves Long Beach

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

By our reading, Long Beach belongs to Los Angeles: its center is in congressional district 42 of the 2023-2027 map, beyond the “Districts 1-22” that San Francisco’s page claims (source).

A routing engine puts the drive at 30 miles and 40 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 25 miles.

Los Angeles keeps the same clock as Long Beach, so its office hours need no conversion.

Other cities in California near Long Beach

Measured in a straight line from Long Beach: Torrance, 10 miles; Downey, 12 miles; Huntington Beach, 12 miles. See the California page for the road distance to Los Angeles.

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

The mission’s notice of a child born abroad asks for the original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page).

For a birth in Long Beach, it comes from the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the California page has the fee.

Long Beach 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.

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.

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