Israeli consulate in Stockton: the office is in San Francisco
There is no Israeli consulate in Stockton. Residents of Stockton go to the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco, 82 miles away (1 h 39 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Stockton
Two offices divide California, and their own words are quoted on the California page.
The center of Stockton lies in congressional district 9. San Francisco lists “Districts 1-22” (source), which we take to mean those districts, so Stockton goes with San Francisco by our reading.
A routing engine puts the drive at 82 miles and 1 h 39 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 62 miles.
No time difference to work out: Stockton runs on the same time as San Francisco.
Other cities in California near Stockton
From Stockton, as the crow flies: Modesto, 27 miles; Antioch, 28 miles; Elk Grove, 32 miles. For the road to San Francisco from the main cities, see the California page.
Birth and marriage papers from Stockton: which U.S. office issues them
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Stockton 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 in San Joaquin County, the county of Stockton, the CDC’s directory for California sends requests to the San Joaquin County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the mission asks for the certificate 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 Stockton 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.