Israeli Consulate in Boston
Checked against the official pages on 13 November 2026. How we check.
The Israeli Consulate in Boston is the Consulate General of Israel to New England, the office for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It works by appointment, and its consular phone lines are open in the afternoon.
How to book an appointment at the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
Appointments are booked through GoVisit from the page of each service. Boston’s contact page says consular services are provided by appointment only.
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
The consular department answers 857-449-3709 and 857-449-3710, Monday to Thursday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
How to cancel an appointment at the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
Cancel from the GoVisit confirmation, or write to [email protected]. Several reviewers who drove in after the move found the old office closed, so confirm the address when you reschedule.
Getting to the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
The consulate is in Government Center, by City Hall Plaza and the Government Center T station. The contact page gives 1 Washington Mall and the relocation notice gives One Washington St, 12th floor, both in the same ZIP code.
The consulate’s relocation notice (11 September 2025) gives the new address as One Washington St, 12th floor, and its contact page gives 1 Washington Mall, the address Google also shows.
Both use ZIP code 02108; neither page has a date that would make one the newer, so check the confirmation of your appointment before you go. (sources: 1, 2)
Real reviews of the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
Boston’s Google listing averages 2.4 stars from 45 reviews. Several from September 2025 describe driving in for a confirmed appointment and finding the old office empty after the move.
We drove three hours each way for a confirmed appointment and found the office had moved, with no forwarding address and the phone lines disconnected.
Dalite S.
I booked appointments and never received a confirmation; nobody answered the phone or the email.
Keri
Kind, professional staff. We solved everything on the spot and the process went smoothly.
Eli K.
Reviews read on 13 November 2026 and rewritten in our words; the amounts and dates in them are the reviewers’ own. The full set is on the office’s Google listing.
Opening hours of the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
The Israeli Consulate General in Boston receives visitors Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (source).
Consular calls are answered Monday to Thursday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The office is closed on U.S. federal holidays and on Jewish and Israeli holidays; its contact page lists the dates (source).
Phone number of the Israeli Consulate General in Boston
857-449-3709: the consular department (source). The consular email is [email protected].
857-449-3710 is the consular department’s second line (source).
For emergencies only, 617-849-2594 (source).
What the Israeli Consulate General in Boston handles
These are the requests the Israeli Consulate General in Boston takes, according to its own service pages.
Passports and travel documents, birth registration, Registry changes, citizenship certificates, renunciation, notarial acts and visas for New England, from its service list.
These guides cover the requests the office takes:
What is done elsewhere:
- The ETA-IL for a visa-exempt traveler, filed online with the Population and Immigration Authority; the consulate is not part of it: ETA-IL and visas.
- The apostille on a U.S. public document, from the state that issued it: Apostille and documents.
- A new teudat zehut (ID card), which is issued in Israel only: Israeli passport.
The other fees follow the consular fee chart of the Ministry, and the requirements page sets out what each office publishes.
What you can settle without traveling
These go by mail, by email or online.
- 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.