Israeli consulate in Reading: the office is in New York

The Israeli consulate for Reading is in another city. The office for Reading is the Israeli Consulate General in New York, about 127 miles away by road (2 h 50 min).

Which Israeli consulate serves Reading

The Israeli Consulate General in New York counts Pennsylvania in its district (source), so residents of Reading deal with that office.

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)

By road, Reading is 127 miles from the office, about 2 h 50 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 107 miles.

Calls to New York need no time conversion from Reading: both run on the same clock.

Other cities in Pennsylvania near Reading

Measured in a straight line from Reading: Lancaster, 29 miles; Allentown, 30 miles; Bethlehem, 35 miles. See the Pennsylvania page for the road distance to New York.

U.S. birth and marriage papers from Reading for an Israeli mission

The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Reading asks for, in the original, is issued by the Division of Vital Records, in New Castle (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).

The Pennsylvania page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).

In Berks County, where Reading is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Marriage License Clerk at the Berks 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.

A public document from Pennsylvania goes to Israel with an apostille from the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.

What you can settle from Reading without traveling