Israeli consulate in Monroe: the office is in Houston
The Israeli consulate for Monroe is in another city. From Monroe, the Israeli Consulate General in Houston is 338 miles by road, around 6 h 36 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Monroe
Louisiana belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source), and Monroe with it.
Driving from Monroe takes about 6 h 36 min for 338 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 275 miles.
Houston keeps the same clock as Monroe, so its office hours need no conversion.
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 Monroe
From Monroe, as the crow flies: Alexandria, 85 miles; Shreveport, 95 miles; Opelousas, 137 miles. For the road to Houston from the main cities, see the Louisiana page.
Monroe: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Monroe from the Center of Vital Records and Statistics, in New Orleans (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the Louisiana page lists the fee.
Monroe is in Ouachita Parish. The Louisiana page quotes the CDC on which marriage records the parish keeps.
The Louisiana Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Louisiana (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Monroe 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 for the Israeli police certificate (teudat yosher) without going in person: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.