Israeli consulate in Richmond, California: the office is in San Francisco
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Richmond, California. The Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco is the office for Richmond, California: 19 miles by road, about 30 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Richmond, California
California has two Israeli offices, and the California page quotes what each one’s page says about the split.
By our reading, Richmond belongs to San Francisco: its center is in congressional district 8 of the 2023-2027 map, and San Francisco’s page claims “Districts 1-22” (source).
A routing engine puts the drive at 19 miles and 30 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 11 miles.
No time difference to work out: Richmond, California runs on the same time as San Francisco.
Other cities in California near Richmond, California
From Richmond, California, as the crow flies: Berkeley, 7 miles; Oakland, 11 miles; Vallejo, 12 miles. For the road to San Francisco from the main cities, see the California page.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Richmond, California come from
A child born in Richmond, California 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.
Richmond, California is in Contra Costa County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Contra Costa 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.
What you can settle from Richmond, 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 by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.
- You can get a U.S. document apostilled by the state that issued it before you send it to Israel: Apostille and documents.