Israeli consulate in Fort Lauderdale: the office is in Miami
No Israeli consulate operates in Fort Lauderdale. The Israeli Consulate General in Miami, 28 miles from Fort Lauderdale by road (39 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Fort Lauderdale
Florida belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Miami (source), and Fort Lauderdale with it.
By road, Fort Lauderdale is 28 miles from the office, about 39 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 24 miles.
Miami keeps the same clock as Fort Lauderdale, so its office hours need no conversion.
Other cities in Florida near Fort Lauderdale
Measured in a straight line from Fort Lauderdale: Lauderhill, 6 miles; Plantation, 7 miles; Hollywood, 8 miles. See the Florida page for the road distance to Miami.
Birth and marriage records for people in Fort Lauderdale
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Fort Lauderdale from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, in Jacksonville (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the Florida page lists the fee.
The Florida Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Florida (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Fort Lauderdale 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.