Israeli consulate in Waco: the office is in Houston

The Israeli consulate that handles Waco is outside the city. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston, 183 miles from Waco by road (3 h 35 min), takes its cases.

Which Israeli consulate serves Waco

The office for Waco follows from the list of states: Texas belongs to the Israeli Consulate General in Houston (source).

Driving from Waco takes about 3 h 35 min for 183 miles without traffic; the straight-line distance is 164 miles.

Calls to Houston need no time conversion from Waco: 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 Waco

From Waco, as the crow flies: Killeen, 44 miles; Round Rock, 77 miles; Grand Prairie, 79 miles. For the road to Houston from the main cities, see the Texas page.

Waco: which U.S. office issues your birth and marriage certificates

The birth certificate that the notice of a child born in Waco 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).

Waco is in McLennan County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the McLennan County Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Texas (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The mission takes it only with 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.

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