Israeli consulate in New Bedford: the office is in Boston
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in New Bedford. Residents of New Bedford go to the Israeli Consulate General in Boston, 58 miles away (1 h 16 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves New Bedford
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in Boston includes Massachusetts; that makes it the office for New Bedford.
The drive from New Bedford is 58 miles, around 1 h 16 min without traffic, against 50 miles in a straight line.
Boston keeps the same clock as New Bedford, so its office hours need no conversion.
Other cities in Massachusetts near New Bedford
In a straight line from New Bedford: Fall River, 12 miles; Brockton, 31 miles; Randolph, 37 miles. The Massachusetts page has the drive to Boston from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from New Bedford for an Israeli mission
For a child born in New Bedford, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, in Dorchester (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Massachusetts page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
The apostille for a public document from Massachusetts is issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (HCCH list).
What you can settle from New Bedford 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 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.