Israeli consulate in Lewisville: the office is in Houston
The Israeli consulate that handles Lewisville is outside the city. From Lewisville, the Israeli Consulate General in Houston is 270 miles by road, around 4 h 54 min of driving.
Which Israeli consulate serves Lewisville
The office for Lewisville follows from the list of states: Texas belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source).
By road, Lewisville is 270 miles from the office, about 4 h 54 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 247 miles.
Lewisville and Houston share a time zone: the office’s hours are your hours.
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 Lewisville
Cities close to Lewisville, in a straight line: Carrollton, 6 miles; Frisco, 11 miles; Denton, 15 miles. The Texas page lists the drive to Houston from the cities that have a page.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Lewisville come from
In Texas, registering a child born in Lewisville with Israel’s Population Registry starts from an original birth certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The fee is on the Texas page, and the requirement on the mission’s birth notice page.
Parts of Lewisville lie in Dallas and Denton counties. For Denton County, the CDC’s directory for Texas names the Denton 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.
Papers from Texas for use in Israel need the apostille of the Texas Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Lewisville 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.