Israeli consulate in Shreveport: the office is in Houston

You will not find an Israeli consulate in Shreveport. From Shreveport, the Israeli Consulate General in Houston is 247 miles by road, around 5 h 1 min of driving.

Which Israeli consulate serves Shreveport

The Israeli Consulate General in Houston counts Louisiana in its district (source), so residents of Shreveport deal with that office.

A routing engine puts the drive at 247 miles and 5 h 1 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 217 miles.

Shreveport and Houston share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.

While Houston’s building is renovated, its notice sends the in-person appointments of Southwest residents to the Consulate General in Atlanta (source); email and mail still go to Houston. Atlanta’s visiting days are on its page.

Other cities in Louisiana near Shreveport

The nearest cities to Shreveport, in a straight line: Monroe, 95 miles; Alexandria, 113 miles; Opelousas, 169 miles. The Louisiana page gives the drive to Houston from its main cities.

Where the birth and marriage papers from Shreveport come from

For a child born in Shreveport, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Center of Vital Records and Statistics, in New Orleans (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The Louisiana page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.

Shreveport spreads over Bossier and Caddo parishes; the Louisiana page quotes the CDC on which marriage records the parish keeps.

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.

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