Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles
Checked against the official pages on 13 November 2026. How we check.
The Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles is at 11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, in West Los Angeles. It serves Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, and California’s line with San Francisco is not published.
How to book an appointment at the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
Book through GoVisit from the page of each service. Los Angeles’s contact page says entry without a prior appointment will not be permitted.
Los Angeles, California 90025
The general number, 323-852-5500, answers 9:00 a.m. to noon; emergencies only go to WhatsApp at 323-835-3270.
How to cancel an appointment at the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
Cancel through the GoVisit confirmation, or write to [email protected]. For an urgent case, keep your booking and email the reason.
Getting to the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
The consulate is at 11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, near Barrington Avenue. Bring ID for the security check.
Real reviews of the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
Los Angeles’s Google listing averages 2.5 stars from 79 reviews. The recent reviews we read complain about reaching the office; the positive ones we read are from 2020 and 2021.
You cannot reach them: they work a two-hour phone shift and show little respect to people who need help.
Yossi L.
Communication on WhatsApp is erratic. Sometimes they answer, sometimes they do not, and my questions stayed unanswered.
Reviewer writing in Hebrew
As a mixed family we needed extra help, and the staff went beyond what we expected.
Adi P.
Reviews read on 13 November 2026 and rewritten in our words; the amounts and dates in them are the reviewers’ own. The full set is on the office’s Google listing.
Opening hours of the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
The Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles receives visitors Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to noon, by appointment only (no walk-ins) (source).
Consular calls are answered 9:00 a.m. to noon.
The office is closed on U.S. federal holidays and on Jewish and Israeli holidays; its contact page lists the dates (source).
Phone number of the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles
323-852-5500: the consular department, answered from 9:00 a.m. to noon (source). The consular email is [email protected].
For emergencies only, 323-835-3270 (WhatsApp messages only) (source).
What the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles handles
These are the requests the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles takes, according to its own service pages.
Passports and travel documents, birth registration, Registry changes, citizenship certificates, renunciation, notarial acts and visas. Passport renewals by mail go with a credit card payment form and a prepaid registered envelope.
These guides cover the requests this office lists on its own service pages:
What is done elsewhere:
- The ETA-IL for a visa-exempt traveler, filed online with the Population and Immigration Authority; the consulate is not part of it: ETA-IL and visas.
- The apostille on a U.S. public document, from the state that issued it: Apostille and documents.
- A new teudat zehut (ID card), which is issued in Israel only: Israeli passport.
The other fees follow the consular fee chart of the Ministry, and the requirements page sets out what each office publishes.
California is split, and no page draws the line: San Francisco serves “Northern California (Districts 1-22)” without saying which districts those are, and Los Angeles serves “Southern California”. (sources: 1, 2)
What you can settle without traveling
Some Israeli paperwork starts by mail, by email or online.
- 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.