Who can obtain services?

Notarial services are provided to American citizens as well as foreign citizens by appointment only. You must bring your U.S. passport or Israeli ID for identification.

* schedule an appointment at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv

Fees:

Go to this link for current fees for notarial services:  http://travel.state.gov/law/judicial/judicial_2086.html.

Services:

• Notarization;
• Affidavits;
• Acknowledgments; and
• Certification of true copies.

Please note: The Embassy can only make certified copies of U.S. passports, Reports of Birth issued by U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, and Israeli passports for the purpose of obtaining tax id numbers.

What to Bring:

You must bring the documents that that need to be notarized, the fees and your U.S. passport.  If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must bring your Israeli ID.

Apostille:

An apostille is a certification that the document is authentic.  The U.S. Embassy CANNOT issue apostilles.  Apostilles for documents issued in the U.S. must be obtained by the government agency that issued them. 

Notarial Services at the Consular Agency in Haifa:

Notarial services are also available at the U.S. Consular Agency in Haifa by appointment.

Notarization by Israeli Notaries:

As an alternative, individuals requiring document notarization for use in the United States may also use Israeli notaries as follows:

Both Israel and the United States are parties to the Hague Convention abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents (October 5, 1961). The Convention calls for the use of a single signature by a designated certifying official in lieu of the chain certificate and abolishes the need for diplomatic or consular authentication. Under the Convention, the standard certification is called an apostille.

To use the Apostille, the document(s) must first be notarized by an Israeli notary. Those wishing to use a local notary for this service must contact them individually to see if they perform notaries. The notarized document must then be authenticated by the Magistrate's Court (Beith Mishpat Hashalom). Courthouses that offer this service are in Tel Aviv (03-6926211), Haifa (04-869-8000) and Jerusalem at the Ministry of Justice (02-708548). There is no fee for the authentication.

Documents affixed with the apostille and the clerk's verification of the notary's signature using the above method, are just as acceptable in the United States as those notarized by the U.S. Embassy.