Israeli consulate in Lexington: the office is in Chicago
The Israeli consulate that handles Lexington is outside the city. Residents of Lexington go to the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago, 370 miles away (7 h 4 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Lexington
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 Lexington in a straight line (313 miles), so we send it there: that is our reading.
On the road it is 370 miles from Lexington to the office, about 7 h 4 min in good conditions, or 313 miles as the crow flies.
All year, Chicago is one hour behind Lexington; count it in when you call.
Other cities in Kentucky near Lexington
Measured in a straight line from Lexington: Nicholasville, 12 miles; Louisville, 70 miles; Covington, 72 miles. See the Kentucky page for the road distance to Chicago.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Lexington for an Israeli mission
For a child born in Lexington, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health, in Frankfort (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Kentucky page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
Lexington is in Fayette County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Fayette County Court Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Kentucky (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission takes it only with an apostille.
Papers from Kentucky for use in Israel need the apostille of the Kentucky Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Lexington 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.