Israeli consulate in Bemidji: the office is in Chicago

There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Bemidji. Residents of Bemidji go to the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago, 624 miles away (11 h 56 min by road).

Which Israeli consulate serves Bemidji

The office for Bemidji follows from the list of states: Minnesota belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago (source).

A routing engine puts the drive at 624 miles and 11 h 56 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 525 miles.

Chicago keeps the same clock as Bemidji, so its office hours need no conversion.

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 Minnesota near Bemidji

Measured in a straight line from Bemidji: Moorhead, 97 miles; International Falls, 104 miles; Duluth, 139 miles. See the Minnesota page for the road distance to Chicago.

Birth and marriage records for people in Bemidji

For a child born in Bemidji, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Minnesota Department of Health, in St. Paul (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The Minnesota page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.

In Beltrami County, where Bemidji is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the local registrar of Beltrami County, according to the CDC’s directory for Minnesota (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.

The Minnesota Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Minnesota (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.

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