Israeli consulate in Cambridge: the office is in Boston
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Cambridge. Residents of Cambridge go to the Israeli Consulate General in Boston, 3 miles away (10 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Cambridge
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in Boston includes Massachusetts; that makes it the office for Cambridge.
By road, Cambridge is 3 miles from the office, about 10 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 2 miles.
Calls to Boston need no time conversion from Cambridge: both run on the same clock.
Other cities in Massachusetts near Cambridge
Cities close to Cambridge, in a straight line: Chelsea, 4 miles; Everett, 4 miles; Malden, 5 miles. The Massachusetts page lists the drive to Boston from the cities that have a page.
Birth and marriage papers from Cambridge: which U.S. office issues them
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Cambridge from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, in Dorchester (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the Massachusetts page lists the fee.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Massachusetts (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Cambridge 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 apply for the ETA-IL online at the Population Authority’s site; a U.S. passport holder needs no visa for a short visit: ETA-IL and visas.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.