Israeli consulate in Portsmouth: the office is in Boston
There is no Israeli consulate in Portsmouth. The Israeli Consulate General in Boston, 57 miles from Portsmouth by road (1 h 17 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Portsmouth
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in Boston includes New Hampshire; that makes it the office for Portsmouth.
A routing engine puts the drive at 57 miles and 1 h 17 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 52 miles.
Boston keeps the same clock as Portsmouth, so its office hours need no conversion.
Other cities in New Hampshire near Portsmouth
From Portsmouth, as the crow flies: Manchester, 36 miles; Concord, 40 miles; Nashua, 42 miles. For the road to Boston from the main cities, see the New Hampshire page.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Portsmouth for an Israeli mission
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 Portsmouth, it comes from the Division of Vital Records Administration, in Concord (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the New Hampshire page has the fee.
Portsmouth belongs to Rockingham County; the New Hampshire page quotes the CDC on the marriage records kept by the county.
Papers from New Hampshire for use in Israel need the apostille of the New Hampshire Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Portsmouth 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.