Israeli consulate in Port Arthur: the office is in Houston
You will not find an Israeli consulate in Port Arthur. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston is the office for Port Arthur: 95 miles by road, about 1 h 48 min.
Which Israeli consulate serves Port Arthur
The office for Port Arthur follows from the list of states: Texas belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source).
The drive from Port Arthur is 95 miles, around 1 h 48 min without traffic, against 91 miles in a straight line.
Calls to Houston need no time conversion from Port Arthur: 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 Port Arthur
The nearest cities to Port Arthur, in a straight line: Beaumont, 19 miles; League City, 75 miles; Pasadena, 75 miles. The Texas page gives the drive to Houston from its main cities.
Where the birth and marriage papers from Port Arthur come from
The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Port Arthur 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).
Parts of Port Arthur lie in Jefferson and Orange counties. For Jefferson County, the CDC’s directory for Texas names the Jefferson 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 Port Arthur 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 get a U.S. document apostilled by the state that issued it before you send it to Israel: Apostille and documents.
- You can check before you fly how Israel treats a dual citizen at the border: Dual citizenship and entry.