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Consular Forms and Tables
Visas
Consular services
Basic Information
a. Addresses of the missions
Avenue Street 26 No. 57 - 83
7th floor
Tower 7 - 8Bogota, Colombia
b. Consular Departament
Consul: Mr. Itay Masoud Ben Hamo
Consular Section:
Gabriela Cohen
Dora Wancjer
You can contact us by email consular@bogota.mfa.gov.il
c. Vital Emergency
Only in case of vital emergency, please call us anytime at phone: +57-3219238787 or +57 3112125555
d. Reception hours for consular services
Reception hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 – 12:00
in which there will be no consular service.
e. Telephone reception hours for consular services
Telephone reception hours: 9:00 -13:00
Telephone number of the consular department: 00-57-1-3277507
f. Jurisdiction
Colombia
g. 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.
h. 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:
Embajada de Israel
Avenue Street 26 No. 57 - 83
7th floor
Tower 7 - 8
Bogota, Colombia
Due to the sensitivity of the subjects that are dealt with by the consular department, we avoid sending material through the mail. Therefore provision of all consular services has to be personal and requires the attendance of the person receiving the service.
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.
i. List of qualified translators who work with the mission
If there is a need for document translation services from the local language into Hebrew or vice versa click here to obtain a list of translators.
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.
j. 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
ASOCIACIÓN
DE ABOGADOS COLOMBIANOS
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.
k. 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:
Authentication of Colombian documents with an Apostil is processed at the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Calle 98 # 17 – 32
00-57-1-2834264
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.
l. Contacts and inquiries about improving the service provided to the citizens
m. 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.
n. Local characteristics
Consular services do not require making an appointment in advance, but it is important to arrive during reception hours and not after. The presentation of an identification document with a foto is imperative to enter the consular department.
We do our best to provide a fast service, but it is not always possible to complete all services on the same day. Therefore we recommend that you have patience, and to those who travel from out of town, be prepared to stay in Bogota for more than one day.