Israeli consulate in Harrisburg: the office is in New York
No Israeli consulate operates in Harrisburg. The Israeli Consulate General in New York, 174 miles from Harrisburg by road (3 h 41 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Harrisburg
On its list of states (source), the Israeli Consulate General in New York includes Pennsylvania; that makes it the office for Harrisburg.
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)
A routing engine puts the drive at 174 miles and 3 h 41 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 157 miles.
Harrisburg and New York share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
The Embassy’s consular department in Washington is closer to Harrisburg in a straight line (92 miles), and the page quoted above names it for residents of Pennsylvania too.
Other cities in Pennsylvania near Harrisburg
In a straight line from Harrisburg: Lancaster, 34 miles; Reading, 51 miles; Allentown, 78 miles. The Pennsylvania page has the drive to New York from its main cities.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Harrisburg come from
For a child born in Harrisburg, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Division of Vital Records, in New Castle (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The Pennsylvania page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
In Dauphin County, where Harrisburg is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Marriage License Clerk at the Dauphin County Courthouse, according to the CDC’s directory for Pennsylvania (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
Papers from Pennsylvania for use in Israel need the apostille of the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Harrisburg 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.