Israeli consulate in Southaven: the office is in Atlanta
The Israeli consulate for Southaven is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta is the office for Southaven: 374 miles by road, about 6 h 56 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Southaven
The office for Southaven follows from the list of states: Mississippi belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta (source).
Driving from Southaven takes about 6 h 56 min for 374 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 329 miles.
Mind the clock: Atlanta runs one hour ahead of Southaven all year round.
Other cities in Mississippi near Southaven
The nearest cities to Southaven, in a straight line: Jackson, 184 miles; Hattiesburg, 254 miles; Biloxi, 321 miles. The Mississippi page gives the drive to Atlanta from its main cities.
Birth and marriage papers from Southaven: which U.S. office issues them
The mission’s notice of a child born abroad asks for the original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page).
For a birth in Southaven, it comes from the Vital Records office of the State Department of Health, in Jackson (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the Mississippi page has the fee.
In DeSoto County, where Southaven is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the DeSoto County Circuit Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Mississippi (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
The Mississippi Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Mississippi (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Southaven 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.