Israeli consulate in Cranston: the office is in Boston
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Cranston. The Israeli Consulate General in Boston, 53 miles from Cranston by road (1 h 13 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Cranston
Rhode Island belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Boston (source), and Cranston with it.
On the road it is 53 miles from Cranston to the office, about 1 h 13 min in good conditions, or 45 miles as the crow flies.
Calls to Boston need no time conversion from Cranston: both run on the same clock.
Other cities in Rhode Island near Cranston
From Cranston, as the crow flies: Providence, 3 miles; Warwick, 6 miles; Pawtucket, 7 miles. For the road to Boston from the main cities, see the Rhode Island page.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Cranston for an Israeli mission
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 Cranston, it comes from the Center for Vital Records of the RI Department of Health, in Cranston (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the Rhode Island page has the fee.
The apostille for a public document from Rhode Island is issued by the Rhode Island Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Cranston 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.