Israeli consulate in Jersey City: the office is in New York
The Israeli consulate for Jersey City is in another city. The Israeli Consulate General in New York, 7 miles from Jersey City by road (21 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Jersey City
New Jersey belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in New York (source), and Jersey City with it.
A routing engine puts the drive at 7 miles and 21 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 4 miles.
Jersey City and New York share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
Other cities in New Jersey near Jersey City
From Jersey City, as the crow flies: Union City, 4 miles; Bayonne, 5 miles; Harrison, 6 miles. For the road to New York from the main cities, see the New Jersey page.
Birth and marriage papers from Jersey City: which U.S. office issues them
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Jersey City asks for, in the original, is issued by the Office of Vital Statistics & Registry of the NJ Department of Health, in Trenton (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The New Jersey page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
The New Jersey Division of Revenue is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from New Jersey (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Jersey City 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 get a U.S. document apostilled by the state that issued it before you send it to Israel: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.