Israeli consulate in Lakeland: the office is in Miami
There is no Israeli consulate in Lakeland. The office for Lakeland is the Israeli Consulate General in Miami, about 236 miles away by road (4 h 43 min).
Which Israeli consulate serves Lakeland
The Israeli Consulate General in Miami counts Florida in its district (source), so residents of Lakeland deal with that office.
The drive from Lakeland is 236 miles, around 4 h 43 min without traffic, against 192 miles in a straight line.
Lakeland and Miami share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
Other cities in Florida near Lakeland
From Lakeland, as the crow flies: Brandon, 23 miles; Riverview, 27 miles; Tampa, 32 miles. For the road to Miami from the main cities, see the Florida page.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Lakeland come from
For a child born in Lakeland, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, in Jacksonville (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Florida page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
A public document from Florida goes to Israel with an apostille from the Florida 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 Lakeland 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.