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Passport Services

Please note that all passports are printed in the U.S. and mailed back to the Embassy. Therefore, processing times can vary throughout the year based on the current workload.  Passports can take between 3 and 4 weeks to be processed.  Therefore, please plan ahead and ensure that you always maintain a valid passport.  

If you need a passport for emergency travel please use the following instructions. 

  1. Please check the appointments web site http://israel.usembassy.gov/consular/acs/appointments.html  to see if there is an available appointment prior to your date of travel.  Please note we can issue same day emergency passports when you bring documentary proof of the emergency to your appointment. 
  2. If no appointment is available on or before your travel date, please e-mail amctelaviv@state.gov to request an emergency appointment.  Please put EMERGENCY in the subject line to ensure a timely response. We will notify you when your appointment is set. Please bring documentary proof of the emergency to your appointment.  All emergency appointments are seen between 7:30-8AM Monday through Friday. 
  3. Extreme emergencies that are unable to complete steps A and B above should come to the Embassy – American Citizen Services between 7:30-8AM.  Please bring all documentary proof of your emergency.


Passport Services


Note: US regulations will require that both parents be present to sign the passport application or visa pages for all minors under the age of 16.

In order to obtain passport services, you must make an appointment to come to the U.S. Embassy.

Please note that all passports are printed in the U.S. and mailed back to the Embassy. Therefore, processing times can vary throughout the year based on the current workload.  Passports can take between 3 and 6 weeks to be processed.  Therefore, please plan ahead and ensure that you always maintain a valid passport.

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Pursuant to regulations under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, beginning January 23, 2007, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable. The regulation also requires that American citizens have a passport when departing the U.S. by air regardless of destination. Airlines are required to transmit passenger passport information to comply with APIS regulations and face possible fines for boarding passengers who are not documented with a passport.

For more details on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, please visit
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_2223.html