Israeli consulate in Somerville: the office is in Boston
There is no Israeli consulate in Somerville. The Israeli Consulate General in Boston, 3 miles from Somerville by road (9 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Somerville
The Israeli Consulate General in Boston names Massachusetts among the places it serves (source): it is the office for Somerville.
Driving from Somerville takes about 9 min for 3 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 3 miles.
Calls to Boston need no time conversion from Somerville: both run on the same clock.
Other cities in Massachusetts near Somerville
Measured in a straight line from Somerville: Chelsea, 3 miles; Everett, 3 miles; Malden, 3 miles. See the Massachusetts page for the road distance to Boston.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Somerville for an Israeli mission
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Somerville asks for, in the original, is issued by the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, in Dorchester (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Massachusetts page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (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 Somerville 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 for the Israeli police certificate (teudat yosher) without going in person: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.