Israeli consulate in Lowell: the office is in Boston
The Israeli consulate that handles Lowell is outside the city. The Israeli Consulate General in Boston is the office for Lowell: 28 miles by road, about 41 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Lowell
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in Boston includes Massachusetts; that makes it the office for Lowell.
On the road it is 28 miles from Lowell to the office, about 41 min in good conditions, or 23 miles as the crow flies.
Lowell and Boston share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
Other cities in Massachusetts near Lowell
Measured in a straight line from Lowell: Methuen, 8 miles; Lawrence, 9 miles; Haverhill, 15 miles. See the Massachusetts page for the road distance to Boston.
Lowell: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
In Massachusetts, registering a child born in Lowell with Israel’s Population Registry starts from an original birth certificate from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, in Dorchester (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The fee is on the Massachusetts page, and the requirement on the mission’s birth notice page.
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 Lowell 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.