Israeli consulate in Palm Springs: the office is in Los Angeles

The Israeli consulate that handles Palm Springs is outside the city. From Palm Springs, the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is 123 miles by road, around 2 h 26 min of driving.

Which Israeli consulate serves Palm Springs

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

San Francisco’s page serves “Northern California (Districts 1-22)” (source). We read those as congressional districts on the 2023-2027 map: the center of Palm Springs is in district 41, outside that range, so this page sends it to Los Angeles. That is our reading, not a published rule.

Driving from Palm Springs takes about 2 h 26 min for 123 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 111 miles.

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

Other cities in California near Palm Springs

Cities close to Palm Springs, in a straight line: Menifee, 38 miles; Moreno Valley, 39 miles; Murrieta, 41 miles. The California page lists the drive to Los Angeles from the cities that have a page.

Where the birth and marriage papers from Palm Springs come from

A child born in Palm Springs 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.

Palm Springs is in Riverside County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Riverside 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.

The apostille for a public document from California is issued by the California Secretary of State (HCCH list).

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