Israeli consulate in Arlington, Texas: the office is in Houston
There is no Israeli consulate or consular office in Arlington, Texas. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston, 261 miles from Arlington, Texas by road (4 h 42 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Arlington, Texas
The office for Arlington, Texas follows from the list of states: Texas belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source).
A routing engine puts the drive at 261 miles and 4 h 42 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 230 miles.
Houston keeps the same clock as Arlington, Texas, so its office hours need no conversion.
While Houston’s building is renovated, its notice sends the in-person appointments of Southwest residents to the Consulate General in Atlanta (source); email and mail still go to Houston. Atlanta’s visiting days are on its page.
Other cities in Texas near Arlington, Texas
From Arlington, Texas, as the crow flies: Grand Prairie, 6 miles; Irving, 11 miles; Fort Worth, 13 miles. For the road to Houston from the main cities, see the Texas page.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Arlington, Texas for an Israeli mission
For a child born in Arlington, Texas, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Texas page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
For a marriage license issued in Tarrant County, the county that includes Arlington, Texas, the CDC’s directory for Texas sends you to the Tarrant County Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission wants that certificate in the original, with an apostille.
A public document from Texas goes to Israel with an apostille from the Texas 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 Arlington, Texas 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 apply for the ETA-IL online at the Population Authority’s site; a U.S. passport holder needs no visa for a short visit: ETA-IL and visas.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.