Israeli consulate in Hammond: the office is in Chicago
The Israeli consulate that handles Hammond is outside the city. Residents of Hammond go to the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago, 24 miles away (36 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Hammond
Indiana is on the list of the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago (source), so that is the office for Hammond.
By road, Hammond is 24 miles from the office, about 36 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 19 miles.
Hammond and Chicago share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
Plan on email with Chicago: it gives no phone support and asks for your full name and ID number, and its notice, updated on 13 November 2026, says no one gets in without registering in advance (source).
Other cities in Indiana near Hammond
In a straight line from Hammond: Gary, 10 miles; Valparaiso, 26 miles; Michigan City, 33 miles. The Indiana page has the drive to Chicago from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Hammond for an Israeli mission
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Hammond asks for, in the original, is issued by the Indiana State Department of Health’s Vital Records office, in Indianapolis (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Indiana page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
For a marriage license issued in Lake County, the county that includes Hammond, the CDC’s directory for Indiana sends you to the Clerk of the Circuit or Superior Court of Lake County (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
Papers from Indiana for use in Israel need the apostille of the Indiana Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Hammond 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.