Israeli consulate in Santa Maria: the office is in Los Angeles
The Israeli consulate that handles Santa Maria is outside the city. From Santa Maria, the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles is 150 miles by road, around 3 h 6 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Santa Maria
Two offices divide California, and their own words are quoted on the California page.
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 Maria is in district 24, outside that range, so this page sends it to Los Angeles. That is our reading, not a published rule.
On the road it is 150 miles from Santa Maria to the office, about 3 h 6 min in good conditions, or 128 miles as the crow flies.
No time difference to work out: Santa Maria runs on the same time as Los Angeles.
Other cities in California near Santa Maria
In a straight line from Santa Maria: San Luis Obispo, 27 miles; Santa Barbara, 55 miles; Ventura, 82 miles. The California page has the drive to Los Angeles from its main cities.
Birth and marriage records for people in Santa Maria
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 Santa Maria, 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 Santa Barbara County, where Santa Maria is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Santa Barbara 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.
The apostille for a public document from California is issued by the California Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Santa Maria 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 apply for the ETA-IL online at the Population Authority’s site; a U.S. passport holder needs no visa for a short visit: ETA-IL and visas.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.