Israeli consulate in Chattanooga: the office is in Atlanta
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Chattanooga. Residents of Chattanooga go to the Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta, 114 miles away (2 h 10 min by road).
Which Israeli consulate serves Chattanooga
The office for Chattanooga follows from the list of states: Tennessee belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Atlanta (source).
By road, Chattanooga is 114 miles from the office, about 2 h 10 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 102 miles.
Calls to Atlanta need no time conversion from Chattanooga: both run on the same clock.
Other cities in Tennessee near Chattanooga
The nearest cities to Chattanooga, in a straight line: Murfreesboro, 84 miles; Knoxville, 100 miles; Nashville, 113 miles. The Tennessee page gives the drive to Atlanta from its main cities.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga, it comes from Tennessee Vital Records, in Nashville (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the Tennessee page has the fee.
A public document from Tennessee goes to Israel with an apostille from the Tennessee 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 Chattanooga 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.