Israeli consulate in Salinas: the office is in San Francisco
The Israeli consulate for Salinas is in another city. The office for Salinas is the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco, about 108 miles away by road (2 h 12 min).
Which Israeli consulate serves Salinas
California has two Israeli offices, and the California page quotes what each one’s page says about the split.
By our reading, Salinas belongs to San Francisco: its center is in congressional district 18 of the 2023-2027 map, and San Francisco’s page claims “Districts 1-22” (source).
On the road it is 108 miles from Salinas to the office, about 2 h 12 min in good conditions, or 87 miles as the crow flies.
San Francisco keeps the same clock as Salinas, so its office hours need no conversion.
Other cities in California near Salinas
The nearest cities to Salinas, in a straight line: Monterey, 16 miles; Santa Cruz, 29 miles; San Jose, 47 miles. The California page gives the drive to San Francisco from its main cities.
Birth and marriage papers from Salinas: which U.S. office issues them
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 Salinas, 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.
Salinas is in Monterey County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Monterey 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.
A public document from California goes to Israel with an apostille from the California Secretary of State (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.
What you can settle from Salinas 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.