Update your Marriage

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According to the Israeli law, every Israeli citizen must update any change  in marital status even if the change occured outside of Israel.

Please note: A Rabbinical certificate (ketubah) issued outside of Israel is not an acceptable means of updating your marital status.

Updating your marriage at the Consulate

To change your marital status you must bring with you to the consulate valid Israeli ID. If you were married before January 1, 1989 the original marriage certificate must be presented.

If you were married after January 1, 1989 the original certificate must be authenticated by an Apostille seal . The Apostille seal can be issued by the Department of State in which you were married.

The state that issued the marriage certificate is the only state that can authenticate the document with an Apostille seal.

  • The phone number of the Department of State in New York is 212-417-5747.
  • The phone number of the Department of State in New Jersey is 609-633-8258
  • The phone number of the Department of State in Connecticut is 860-509-6000.

Please note that if the wife is an Israeli citizen updating marriage she must come to the consulate to fill out a notification of icon Choice of Name - Related to Marital Status (824.58 kB)

Updating your marriage by mail

 

All forms not signed at the consulate MUST be signed in front of a notary public

 

You must send the following:

  • The original marriage certificate with the Apostille seal.
  • icon Notification of Marriage (674.36 kB) filled out and signed before a notary public.
  • If the wife is an Israeli citizen updating marriage she must fill out a icon Choice of Name - Related to Marital Status (824.58 kB), signed before a notary public.
  • If you also need to extend your passport you will need to send it along with an icon Application to extend Passport (1004.64 kB), this also needs to be singed before a notary public.
  • $9 FeDex delivery fee, payable by  cash, credit card or money order made payable to "The Consulate General of Israel in New York".If you wish to pay by credit card please complete the icon Credit Card Payment Form (1.74 MB)
  • Current phone number and return address for your items.
  • All of the above must be sent to:
    Consulate General of Israel
    800 2nd Ave. 13th floor
    New York, NY 10017