Israeli consulate in Allentown: the office is in New York
The Israeli consulate that handles Allentown is outside the city. The Israeli Consulate General in New York is the office for Allentown: 93 miles by road, about 2 h 5 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Allentown
The Israeli Consulate General in New York names Pennsylvania among the places it serves (source): it is the office for Allentown.
New York lists Pennsylvania in its district, and the Embassy’s service pages add that Pennsylvania residents “can receive service at the consulate general of Israel in New-York or DC”. (sources: 1, 2)
On the road it is 93 miles from Allentown to the office, about 2 h 5 min in good conditions, or 79 miles as the crow flies.
Calls to New York need no time conversion from Allentown: both run on the same clock.
Other cities in Pennsylvania near Allentown
Measured in a straight line from Allentown: Bethlehem, 5 miles; Reading, 30 miles; Philadelphia, 48 miles. See the Pennsylvania page for the road distance to New York.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Allentown 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 Allentown, it comes from the Division of Vital Records, in New Castle (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the Pennsylvania page has the fee.
Allentown is in Lehigh County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Marriage License Clerk at the Lehigh County Courthouse, according to the CDC’s directory for Pennsylvania (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission takes it only with an apostille.
For a birth, marriage or court document issued in Pennsylvania, the apostille comes from the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (HCCH list), not from the consulate.
What you can settle from Allentown 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.