Israeli consulate in Katy: the office is in Houston
No Israeli consulate operates in Katy. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston, 28 miles from Katy by road (40 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves Katy
The Israeli Consulate General in Houston counts Texas in its district (source), so residents of Katy deal with that office.
Driving from Katy takes about 40 min for 28 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 24 miles.
Calls to Houston need no time conversion from Katy: both run on the same clock.
For anything in person, Houston’s notice points Southwest residents to the Consulate General in Atlanta until its renovation ends (source); Houston keeps answering email and mail. See its page for Atlanta’s visiting days.
Other cities in Texas near Katy
In a straight line from Katy: Richmond, 15 miles; Sugar Land, 17 miles; Missouri City, 24 miles. The Texas page has the drive to Houston from its main cities.
Katy: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates
For a child born in Katy, 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.
Parts of Katy lie in Fort Bend, Harris and Waller counties. For Fort Bend County, the CDC’s directory for Texas names the Fort Bend County Clerk as the place for a marriage record (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and the mission takes the certificate with an apostille.
The Texas Secretary of State is the authority that puts the apostille on a document from Texas (HCCH list), before it is used in Israel.
What you can settle from Katy 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.