Israeli consulate in Plano: the office is in Houston
There is no Israeli consulate in Plano. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston is the office for Plano: 262 miles by road, about 4 h 44 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Plano
Texas belongs to the district of the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source), and Plano with it.
A routing engine puts the drive at 262 miles and 4 h 44 min at legal speeds with no traffic; the straight-line distance is 239 miles.
Calls to Houston need no time conversion from Plano: both run on the same clock.
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 Plano
In a straight line from Plano: Richardson, 3 miles; Allen, 7 miles; Garland, 8 miles. The Texas page has the drive to Houston from its main cities.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Plano come from
In Texas, registering a child born in Plano 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 Plano lie in Collin and Denton counties. For Collin County, the CDC’s directory for Texas names the Collin 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 apostille for a public document from Texas is issued by the Texas Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from Plano 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 for the Israeli police certificate (teudat yosher) without going in person: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.