Israeli consulate in Houma: the office is in Houston
The Israeli consulate for Houma is in another city. The office for Houma is the Israeli Consulate General in Houston, about 324 miles away by road (6 h 6 min).
Which Israeli consulate serves Houma
Louisiana is on the list of the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source), so that is the office for Houma.
The drive from Houma is 324 miles, around 6 h 6 min without traffic, against 284 miles in a straight line.
Houma and Houston share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
For anything in person, Houston’s notice points Southwest residents to the Consulate General in Atlanta until its renovation ends (source); Houston keeps answering email and mail. See its page for Atlanta’s visiting days.
Other cities in Louisiana near Houma
Measured in a straight line from Houma: Thibodaux, 15 miles; Metairie, 44 miles; Gretna, 46 miles. See the Louisiana page for the road distance to Houston.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Houma for an Israeli mission
A child born in Houma is registered with Israel on the strength of an original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page).
In Louisiana that certificate comes from the Center of Vital Records and Statistics, in New Orleans (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the fee is on the Louisiana page.
Houma belongs to Terrebonne Parish; the Louisiana page quotes the CDC on the marriage records kept by the parish.
A public document from Louisiana goes to Israel with an apostille from the Louisiana 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 Houma 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.