Shalom

The Consular Department provides services to residents of Arizona, Southern California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming only.

The head of the Consular Department is Consul Danny Gadot.

Security Notice

The following items are not allowed inside the Consulate:
-Food and/or Drink
-Mobile Phones
-Handbags
Lockers are available in the lobby of the building.

Service Information

Location:
11766 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Consular Services:
Monday to Friday 9 am to 12 pm

Passport Pick-up:
Monday to Thursday 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Friday 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Apostille Stamp

Verification of public documents

There are two possibilities for verifying a public document:

1.  Verification by means of apostille

In 1978, Israel signed and ratified the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents - 1961 (hereinafter: the Hague Convention). The purpose of this Convention was to shorten the processes required for a particular country to recognize the official documents issued by another country, by means of apostille certification.

Public documents and certificates that were issued in one of the countries that are signatories to the above Convention, and which bear the apostille stamp, are valid for presentation in Israel, without the need for additional verification / certification by the diplomatic / consular representative at the Israeli mission.

Additionally, for countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention, no additional verification is required by the mission consul of the country for which the document is designated, if it was stamped with an apostille in Israel.

With regard to a list of the countries that signed the Convention, and details about the authority competent to grant apostille certification in each country, as well as additional information, click on the following link: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=17

 * To obtain a "life certificate" for the social security (Bituach Leumi) only- you can sign in front of a public notary and verify it by an apostille stamp, it will be accepted without showing in person at the consulate.

Appostille - Offices Information:

Arizona Secretary of State

Request for Apostille/Certificate of Authentication

Mail to: Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett

Attention: Business Services, Notary Division

1700 W. Washington Street, 7th Fl., Phoenix, AZ 85007-2888

Tel: (602) 542-4758, (602) 542-6187, (800) 458-5842 (within Arizona)

Website: www.azsos.gov

 

Colorado Secretary of State

Notary Program

1700 Broadway, Suite 200

Denver, CO 80290

Website: http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/notary/notary_home.htm

Tel: (303)894-2200, ext. 9500 or e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

California Secretary of State

Website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/regional.htm

 Sacramento Main Office
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 657-5448

Sacramento Office - Driving Directions

 Los Angeles Regional Office
300 South Spring Street, Room 12513

Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tel: (213) 897-3062

Los Angeles Office - Driving Directions

 

Hawaii Secretary of State

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Capitol Building, 5th Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Tel: 808-586-0255

 http://hawaii.gov/ltgov/contact

 

Nevada Secretary of State
101 North Carson St., Suite 3
Carson City, NV. 89701
(775) 684-5708 Ext.5

Website: http://nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=124

 

 Utah Secretary of State

Utah State Capitol, Notary Office, Suite 220

Salt Lake City, UT 84114

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tel: (801)538-1041, Fax: (801)538-1133

Website: http://www.authentications.utah.gov/

 

Wyoming Secretary of State

Mail to: Wyoming Secretary of State's Office
State Capitol Building

200 West 24th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020

Tel: (307) 777-5335

Fax: (307) 777-5339
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: http://soswy.state.wy.us/AdminServices/AuthenticationOverview.aspx 

 

Important! Prior to arriving to the Secretary of State please assure that the certificate is sealed by the County Clerk. Without the County Clerk seal, you will not be able to obtain an Appostille seal from the Secretary of State.

FYI, The County Clerk Offices also provides an original Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates.

For further information please contact:

Register-Recorder / County Clerk

12400 Imperial Highway
Norwalk, CA 90650

Tel: 562-462-2060

 

Citizens who can not be present at the consulate can take a parallel process as followed:

 1. Sign their documents in front of a notary public.

2. Obtain a County Clerk seal on the notarized document.

3. At the end of the process visit the Secretary of State in order to obtain an Appostille seal.

 

2.   Verification by means other than apostille

Verification of a document in a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention should be implemented as follows:

After the document is verified by the competent authority in the foreign country (usually the Foreign Ministry or Ministry of Justice), the Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent authority.