Israeli consulate in Aberdeen: the office is in Chicago
There is no Israeli consulate in Aberdeen. From Aberdeen, the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago is 702 miles by road, around 13 h 22 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Aberdeen
South Dakota is on the list of the Israeli Consulate General in Chicago (source), so that is the office for Aberdeen.
By road, Aberdeen is 702 miles from the office, about 13 h 22 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 595 miles.
Chicago keeps the same clock as Aberdeen, so its office hours need no conversion.
Chicago gives no phone support: questions go by email with your full name and ID number, and its notice, updated on 13 November 2026, says every visitor has to be registered in advance (source).
Other cities in South Dakota near Aberdeen
The nearest cities to Aberdeen, in a straight line: Sioux Falls, 158 miles; Rapid City, 251 miles. The South Dakota page gives the drive to Chicago from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Aberdeen for an Israeli mission
Order the original birth certificate of a child born in Aberdeen from the state Vital Records office, in Pierre (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission’s birth notice asks for it (the mission’s birth notice page), and the South Dakota page lists the fee.
For a marriage license issued in Brown County, the county that includes Aberdeen, the CDC’s directory for South Dakota sends you to the Brown County Register of Deeds (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
A public document from South Dakota goes to Israel with an apostille from the South Dakota Secretary of State (HCCH list); Israel and the U.S. are both parties to the Hague Convention, which Israel joined in 1978.
What you can settle from Aberdeen 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.