Israeli consulate in Covington: the office is in Chicago
The Israeli consulate for Covington is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in Chicago is the office for Covington: 292 miles by road, about 5 h 43 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Covington
New York’s contact page says residents of Kentucky “are welcome to contact one of the following Consular posts: Washington, Chicago, or New York”, while Atlanta’s “About” page lists Kentucky among the seven states it represents.
For consular services, New York’s note is the one that names offices. (sources: 1, 2) Of the three offices New York’s page offers, the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago is the nearest to Covington in a straight line (254 miles), so we send it there: that is our reading.
Driving from Covington takes about 5 h 43 min for 292 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 254 miles.
Chicago runs one hour behind Covington, in winter and in summer alike.
Other cities in Kentucky near Covington
From Covington, as the crow flies: Lexington, 72 miles; Nicholasville, 83 miles; Louisville, 88 miles. For the road to Chicago from the main cities, see the Kentucky page.
Birth and marriage records for people in Covington
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Covington asks for, in the original, is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health, in Frankfort (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Kentucky page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
For a marriage license issued in Kenton County, the county that includes Covington, the CDC’s directory for Kentucky sends you to the Kenton County Court Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
A public document from Kentucky goes to Israel with an apostille from the Kentucky 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 Covington 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 check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.
- 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.