Consular Services (main Foreign Ministry website)
Visa Services (main Foreign Ministry website)
List of Forms and Documents for Download
1. Basic Information
a. Address of the Mission
Embassy of Israel
Ocean Tower 2, 25th Floor
75 Sukhumvit Soi 19
Bangkok 10110
b. Reception Hours for Consular Services
Working hours are 09:00-12:00, Monday-Friday.
+ See the attached Jewish and Thai holiday list
c. Telephone Reception Hours for Consular Services
Telephone reception hours are 09:00-14:00, Monday – Friday
Telephone number for the Consular Section: 02-2049226,
Telephone number for the Visa Section: 02-2049227.
d. Jurisdiction
The Embassy of Israel in Bangkok is also accredited to Cambodia.
e. 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.
f. Mailing Material to the Mission
Material that is mailed to the Consular Department at the mission must be only sent to and collected from the following address:
Embassy of Israel
Ocean Tower 2, 25th Floor
75 Sukhumvit Soi 19,
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Please address the mail “To the Consular Section”.
*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.
g. List of Qualified Translators Who Work with the Mission
There is no official translation service provided in the Embassy of Israel in Thailand and in Cambodia. Should there is a need for document translation services from the local language into Hebrew, or vice versa, please view an unofficial
list of translators, which provided here as a support only.
The attachment does not constitute a recommendation for any of the translators appearing on the list. Use 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 the list of attorney)
To obtain a more detailed list, click here for the website of the local Bar Association.
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:
www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=17
- In order for an official Israeli document to be recognized in Thailand, it has to be
authenticated at the relevant government office, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign affairs, and the Thai Embassy in Israel. The Thai Embassy in Israel authenticates the signature of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- In order for an official Thai document to be recognized in Israel, it has to be authenticated in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Israeli Embassy in Thailand.
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:
Emails to the Consular Section can be send to: Consular@bangkok.mfa.gov.il
Emails to the Visa Section can be send to: Consular@bangkok.mfa.gov.il
For feedback on the quality of service provided to the citizens by the mission, click on the following link: 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:
The Jewish Agency’s aliya emissary in Thailand is Mr. Jared White.
Email contact: jaredw@jafi.org
Phone number: 972-2-6367701+
m. Local Characteristics
Thailand is a country in South-East Asia, also known in her former name “Siam” (which was her official name until 1939). Thailand’s residence are called Thaïs, and call their country “Pratate Thai” (Pratate = country, Thai = free, which means the land of the free).
Thailand’s border in the North-East is connected to Laos, in the South-East to Cambodia, to Malaysia in the South, and to Myanmar in the North-West.
Thailand’s size is around 513,115 square kilometer, the country is very homogeneous in South-East Asia.
About 82% out of her 66 million citizens are Thai, which are Mongolian descended, and speak a common language, although in some parts of Thailand different distinct dialects can be found (the Thai use the same hand writing and practice one language – Buddhism).
The biggest and most important minority is the Chinese one, which have a big influence on the economy, because of cultural and social characteristics. Another minority is the Indian-Sic, which keep their tradition.