Israeli consulate in Santa Monica: the office is in Los Angeles

The Israeli consulate for Santa Monica is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, 3 miles from Santa Monica by road (8 min), takes its cases.

Which Israeli consulate serves Santa Monica

Two offices divide California, and their own words are quoted on the California page.

The center of Santa Monica lies in congressional district 36. San Francisco lists “Districts 1-22” (source), which we take to mean those districts, so Santa Monica stays with Los Angeles by our reading.

Driving from Santa Monica takes about 8 min for 3 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 3 miles.

Santa Monica and Los Angeles share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.

Other cities in California near Santa Monica

Cities close to Santa Monica, in a straight line: Inglewood, 9 miles; Burbank, 15 miles; Torrance, 15 miles. The California page lists the drive to Los Angeles from the cities that have a page.

Where the birth and marriage papers from Santa Monica come from

A child born in Santa Monica 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.

In Los Angeles County, where Santa Monica is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Los Angeles 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.

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.

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