Israeli consulate in Saipan: the office is in San Francisco
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Saipan. The office for Saipan is the Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco, 5,680 miles away in a straight line: the trip is a flight.
Which Israeli consulate serves Saipan
No Israeli office names the Northern Mariana Islands on its list of states. The Israeli Consulate General in San Francisco is the nearest office in a straight line, 5,680 miles away, and that is our reading, not a published rule: email the office before you travel.
From Saipan the office is 5,680 miles away in a straight line, with the ocean in between; a visit means a flight, so look first at what goes by mail.
Mind the clock: San Francisco runs 18 hours behind Saipan in winter and 17 hours in summer.
Cities in the Northern Mariana Islands near Saipan
The nearest places to Saipan, in a straight line: Tinian, 18 miles. The Northern Mariana Islands page gives the distance to San Francisco from its main places.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Saipan for an Israeli mission
A child born in Saipan is registered with Israel on the strength of an original birth certificate (the mission’s birth notice page).
In the Northern Mariana Islands that certificate comes from the Health and Vital Statistics Office of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, in Saipan (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the fee is on the Northern Mariana Islands page.
For a birth, marriage or court document issued in the Northern Mariana Islands, the apostille comes from the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands or the Clerk of the Commonwealth Trial Court (HCCH list), not from the consulate.
What you can settle from Saipan 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.