Basic Information:

Consulate Address:
6380 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Consulate Hours of Operation:
Monday to Friday 09:00 – 12:00 excluding Jewish and local holidays
Click to view dates on which the Consulate will be closed

Telephone Hours of Operation:
To hear recorded information or to leave a massage please call between 14:00 – 17:00
Phone: (323) 852-5500 Fax: (323) 852-5566

Security instructions for people who wish to obtain consular services at the mission offices

1.   Please bring a photo ID.
2.   Every visitor and his belongings will be required to undergo a security check.
3.   For security purposes, no personal objects will be allowed into the mission, including handbags, mobile phones and electronic devices.
4.   Do not bring large handbags or suitcases to the mission.
5.   Do not bring food and/or beverage bottles or containers.
6.   The mission’s security directives apply to people in the consular waiting room. The instructions of the security staff must be obeyed at all times.

Mailing material to the Consulate

Material that is mailed to the Consular Department must be only sent to:
Consulate General of Israel, Los Angeles
6380 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90048 

Most of the services offered by the Consulate can be done via mail without the need to arrive at the Consulate. When doing so, there are several things to keep in mind:

• Applications must be completed and signed.
• Make sure the following information about the requestor is attached to every request: full name, Israeli ID and/or passport number, contact information and address.
• Payment: If you would like to pay by credit card please provide us with the following:
• Your full printed name as it appears on your credit card
• The credit card's company name: Visa®/MasterCard®/Discover Card®
• Credit card number
• Card expiration date
• The CCV Number (Credit Card Verification Number). The CCV is the last three/four digits on the back of your credit / debit card in the signature box. We require this information to help insure that you actually have the card in your possession at the time of purchase. This is to help protect you from fraud by misuse of your credit / debit card.
• Please send requests via registered or express mail such as FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.
• Be advised, certain services processed via mail require the requestor to sign and/or be identified in front of a notary.
• The Consulate does not send mail to P.O Boxes.
• Return mail payment: requests sent to be processed via mail are returned to the requestor via UPS at the expense of the requestor.

The sender is responsible for material mailed to the mission.

It is important to stress that there are cases in which you are required to visit the mission in person. For more detailed information, see the section on Consular Services in Chapter 2.

List of qualified translators who work with the mission:

• Mark Klein
Telephone/Fax: (310) 286-2772
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• World Express
Phone: (310) 260-7700
Business address: 8306 Wilshire Blvd. Ste.200 Beverly Hills, CA 90211

• Official Translation
Phone: 1-800-994-1990
Fax: (818) 222-4253

• Lilly Taheri
Phone: (310) 234-9770, (310) 234-8419
Business address: 1388 Westwood Blvd. Ste.202 Los Angeles, CA  90024

• Daniela Koiman
Phone: (818) 773-9913 Fax: (818) 773-6437
Business address: 7657 Winnetka Ave. #173 Winnetka, CA 91306

• Shoshana Scharf-Boss
Phone: (818) 348-0295 Fax: (818) 348-0299
Business address: 24401 Lemay St. West Hills, CA 91307

• Ilana Bakhshi Karlin
Phone: (818) 224-3646 Fax: (818) 222-4253
Business address: 4428 Alta Tupelo Dr. Calabasas, CA 91302

• Shany Mahalu-Atiya
Phone: (818) 571-1257
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: www.hebrewbyshaniki.com
Business address: 1110 ½ Glenville Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90035

• Avi Jacobson
Phone: (510) 528-4193
Fax: (510) 526-9130
Cell: (510) 508-2879
Business address: 918 Ventura Ave. Berkeley, CA 94707-2123

This list does not constitute a recommendation for any of the translators appearing on the list. Use of the services of the various translators is the responsibility of the person utilizing the services.

h.   List of criminal attorneys

Below is a list of attorneys who specialize in criminal law, whose services can be retained if necessary. The mission is not permitted or authorized to recommend any particular attorney (click here to download a list of attorneys).

To obtain a more detailed list, click here for the website of the local Bar Association.

Criminal Law Attorney that specializes in 3D transfer

Sylvia Royce

5505 Connecticut Ave.

NW #243

Washington, DC 20015

Tel: 202.362.3445

Fax: 202.686.4271

Criminal Law Attorneys

Lev Hakak

2049 Century City East, #1100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Tel: 310.553.8245

Fax: 310.553.2112

Terrence A. Roden

626 Wilshire Blvd. #900

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Tel: 213.439.4900

Pager: 213.920.8777

Kaplan Marino, APC

9454 Wilshire Blvd Ste 500

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Phone: (310) 557-0007 Fax: (310) 275-4651

Nasatir & Hirsch

2115 Main St

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Phone: (310) 399-3259

Law Ofcs of Robert A Schwartz

9100 Wilshire Blvd Ste 750West

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Phone: (310) 312-8052

LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH SHEMARIA

1801 Century Park E Ste 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Phone: (310) 278-2660

Fax: (310) 388-0979

Edward Murray Robinson

21515 Hawthorne Blvd #665

Torrance, CA 90503

Phone: (310) 316-9333

Fax: (310) 316-6442

Aaron Arthur Jansen

Office of the L.A. Public Defender

210 W Temple St Ste 1900

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Phone: (213) 974-7068

Local Bar Association

San Francisco (Main Office)
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415.538.2000

Sacramento
Tel: 916.442.8018

Los Angeles
1149 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Tel: 213.765.1000

This list does not constitute a recommendation for any of the attorneys appearing on the list. Use of the services of the various attorneys is the responsibility of the person utilizing the services.

i.    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

Appostille - Offices Information:

Arizona

1700 West Washington, 7th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 542-4758

Colorado

1520 Broadway, Suite 200
Denver, CO, 80202
(303) 830-6707

California - Fresno

2497 West Shaw Ave., Suite 101
Fresno, CA 93711
(559) 243-2100

Hawaii

P.O. Box 3226
Honolulu, HI 96801
(808) 586-0255

California - Los Angeles

300 South Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1230
(213) 897-3062

California – Sacramento

P.O. Box 942877
Sacramento, Ca 9477-0001
(916) 653-3595

California - San Diego

1350 Front St., Suite 2060
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 525-4113

Nevada

202 North Carson St.
Carson City, NV 89701-4201
(775) 684-5708

Utah

210 State Capitol
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
(801) 538-1040

Wyoming

200 West 24th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-5333

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.

j.    Contacts and inquiries about improving the service provided to the citizens

·          Email can be sent to the following address:

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·          For feedback on the quality of service provided to the citizens by the mission, click on the following link:

      http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfaheb/feedbackform.htm

k.   The main laws of the State of Israel on which consular work abroad is based, are as follows:

·          The Law of Return, 5710 - 1950 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Entry into Israel Law, 5712 - 1952 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Law of Citizenship, 5712 - 1952 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Passports Law, 5712 - 1952 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Names Law, 5716 - 1956 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Population Registration Law, 5725 - 1965 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Notaries Law, 5736 - 1976 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Defense Service Law (Consolidated Version), 5747 - 1986 and the authority to implement it abroad - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

·          The Crime Register and Rehabilitation of Offenders Law, 5741 - 1981 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.

l.    Details of the Jewish Agency aliya emissary

Below are details on the Jewish Agency emissary in your area:

You can contact the Jewish Agency’s aliya emissary at a tall free number   1-866-835-0430  .

m. Local characteristics

Tourist Information - Importation of Animals to Israel