Israeli consulate in Denton: the office is in Houston
The Israeli consulate that handles Denton is outside the city. From Denton, the Israeli Consulate General in Houston is 284 miles by road, around 5 h 11 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Denton
The office for Denton follows from the list of states: Texas belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source).
The drive from Denton is 284 miles, around 5 h 11 min without traffic, against 261 miles in a straight line.
Houston keeps the same clock as Denton, so its office hours need no conversion.
Houston’s notice says the Consulate General in Atlanta takes the appointments of Southwest residents while the building is renovated (source), and Houston still answers email and mail. Atlanta’s visiting days are on its page.
Other cities in Texas near Denton
In a straight line from Denton: Lewisville, 15 miles; Frisco, 19 miles; Carrollton, 21 miles. The Texas page has the drive to Houston from its main cities.
Denton: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Denton asks for, in the original, is issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Texas page gives its fee, and the mission’s page lists the document (the mission’s birth notice page).
In Denton County, where Denton is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Denton County Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Texas (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs 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 Denton 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.