Israeli consulate in Oakland: the office is in San Francisco

You will not find an Israeli consulate in Oakland. From Oakland, the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco is 10 miles by road, around 18 min of driving.

Which Israeli consulate serves Oakland

Two offices divide California, and their own words are quoted on the California page.

By our reading, Oakland belongs to San Francisco: its center is in congressional district 12 of the 2023-2027 map, and San Francisco’s page claims “Districts 1-22” (source).

A routing engine puts the drive at 10 miles and 18 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 7 miles.

Oakland and San Francisco share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.

Other cities in California near Oakland

Measured in a straight line from Oakland: Berkeley, 5 miles; Richmond, 11 miles; Daly City, 13 miles. See the California page for the road distance to San Francisco.

U.S. birth and marriage papers from Oakland 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 Oakland, 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.

In Alameda County, where Oakland is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Alameda County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage), according to the CDC’s directory for California (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs 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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