Israeli consulate in Asheville: the office is in Washington, D.C.
There is no Israeli consulate in Asheville. The Embassy’s consular department in Washington is the office for Asheville: 470 miles by road, about 8 h 56 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Asheville
On its list of states (source), the Embassy’s consular department in Washington includes North Carolina; that makes it the office for Asheville.
The Embassy’s service pages say its consular department serves residents of DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina “only”, while Atlanta’s “About” page lists North Carolina among the seven Southeastern states it represents.
The Embassy’s note is the one about consular services, and it is the newer of the two. (sources: 1, 2)
The drive from Asheville is 470 miles, around 8 h 56 min without traffic, against 380 miles in a straight line.
Calls to Washington, D.C. need no time conversion from Asheville: both run on the same clock.
The Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta, 163 miles from Asheville in a straight line, is the closer office, and the note quoted above also names it for North Carolina.
Other cities in North Carolina near Asheville
From Asheville, as the crow flies: Charlotte, 99 miles; Concord, 109 miles; Winston-Salem, 134 miles. For the road to Washington, D.C. from the main cities, see the North Carolina page.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Asheville come from
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Asheville from NC Vital Records, in Raleigh (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the North Carolina page lists the fee.
Papers from North Carolina for use in Israel need the apostille of the North Carolina Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Asheville 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.