Israeli consulate in Santa Clara: the office is in San Francisco

There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Santa Clara. The Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco, 45 miles from Santa Clara by road (58 min), takes its cases.

Which Israeli consulate serves Santa Clara

San Francisco and Los Angeles share California between them; the California page sets out both pages’ wording.

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 Santa Clara is in district 17, so this page sends it to San Francisco. That is our reading, not a published rule.

Driving from Santa Clara takes about 58 min for 45 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 38 miles.

No time difference to work out: Santa Clara runs on the same time as San Francisco.

Other cities in California near Santa Clara

The nearest cities to Santa Clara, in a straight line: Sunnyvale, 4 miles; San Jose, 5 miles; Milpitas, 6 miles. The California page gives the drive to San Francisco from its main cities.

Santa Clara: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates

The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Santa Clara asks for, in the original, is issued by the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).

The California page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).

For a marriage license issued in Santa Clara County, the county that includes Santa Clara, the CDC’s directory for California sends you to the Santa Clara County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).

The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.

Papers from California for use in Israel need the apostille of the California Secretary of State (HCCH list).

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