Israeli consulate in Lincoln: the office is in Chicago
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Lincoln. The Israeli Consulate General in Chicago is the office for Lincoln: 524 miles by road, about 9 h 39 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Lincoln
The office for Lincoln follows from the list of states: Nebraska belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago (source).
By road, Lincoln is 524 miles from the office, about 9 h 39 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 476 miles.
Calls to Chicago need no time conversion from Lincoln: both run on the same clock.
Chicago gives no phone support: questions go by email with your full name and ID number, and its notice, updated on 13 November 2026, says every visitor has to be registered in advance (source).
Other cities in Nebraska near Lincoln
Measured in a straight line from Lincoln: Bellevue, 48 miles; Omaha, 51 miles; Grand Island, 86 miles. See the Nebraska page for the road distance to Chicago.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Lincoln come from
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 Lincoln, it comes from Nebraska Vital Records, in Lincoln (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the Nebraska page has the fee.
Lincoln is in Lancaster County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Lancaster County Court, according to the CDC’s directory for Nebraska (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission takes it only with an apostille.
A public document from Nebraska goes to Israel with an apostille from the Nebraska Secretary of State (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.
What you can settle from Lincoln 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.