Israeli consulate in Southfield: the office is in Chicago
There is no Israeli consulate in Southfield. The office for Southfield is the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago, about 275 miles away by road (5 h 14 min).
Which Israeli consulate serves Southfield
Michigan belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago (source), and Southfield with it.
Driving from Southfield takes about 5 h 14 min for 275 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 228 miles.
Chicago is one hour behind Southfield all year, which matters when you call or wait for a reply.
Plan on email with Chicago: it gives no phone support and asks for your full name and ID number, and its notice, updated on 13 November 2026, says no one gets in without registering in advance (source).
Other cities in Michigan near Southfield
From Southfield, as the crow flies: Dearborn, 11 miles; Hamtramck, 12 miles; Warren, 13 miles. For the road to Chicago from the main cities, see the Michigan page.
Southfield: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
A child born in Southfield is registered with Israel on the strength of an original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page). In Michigan that certificate comes from the state’s Vital Records office, in Lansing (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the fee is on the Michigan page.
In Oakland County, where Southfield is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Oakland County Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Michigan (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
The Michigan Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Michigan (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Southfield 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.