If you are a resident of East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights, please email consular11@london.mfa.gov.il for information on the renewal process.

Citizens and residents of Israel who are abroad may submit a request to receive or renew the following documents:

- Travel document (Passport or Travel Document)

- Travel document that has expired or its pages are full

- Travel document that has been lost, stolen or destroyed, or worn out.

All Israeli Citizens are entitled to a Passport, apart from the following exception:

Travel Document in Lieu of a National Passport is given to a person who after acquiring Israeli Citizenship did not settle in Israel for 36 out of 60 consecutive months from the date of acquiring citizenship. This is according to the Ministry of Interior guidelines, click here​. A Travel Document in Lieu of a National Passport costs 33GBP for both adults and minors, and is valid for entry to Israel. You may require a visa on it for other countries, please check with each country's embassy.

Please note that the first travel document given to an Oleh is a Travel Document in Lieu of a National Passport​ always.

Requirement for postal renewal:

​- Before posting an application, please make sure we are processing passports. Please make sure that you meet the following requirements:

1. I am 18 years or older and this is my second adult passport. First Adult passport application must be submitted in person at the embassy!

2. My military status has been determined (from the age of 16.4)

3. I have a passport on my person (that hasn't been lost, stolen or destroyed)

4. I have visited Israel in the last 10 years, or have received consular service at any Israeli consulate every year for the last 10 years.

How do I renew my passport via post?

Address to:

Embassy of Israel - Consulate General

2 Palace Green

London

W8 4QB

In order to request a new passport, please post the following items. For a minor, please bring the following with you to your appointment at the Consulate.:

1. Passport application form

2. 2 passport photos 5X5 CM on a white background

3. The passport you currently hold. For minors, we also need the parents' passports.

4. Payment form filled and signed (we do not accept American Express or Diners cards). One can also pay with a postal order to the Embassy of the State of Israel. We do not accept cheques or cash. 62 GBP for passport for an adult, 33 GBP for a minor. Payment form only neccessary for postal applications, we do card payments at the consulate.

5. A pre-paid, tracked, self addressed enveloped so we can return your passport - this is only neccesary for postal renewals.

6. ​Only the Israeli Parent can be present to renew their minor child's passport.

Renewing a passport for applicants under the age of 18

- Mandatory presence at the consulate is required via appointment only​, for the child and parents.

- Please note that if you live in Scotland, Wales or Gibraltar, you can submit the request to renew a passport for minors at the office of the Honorary Consul by appointment with their office. They will then send the request to us.

- if the parents are married and registered in the Israeli Population Registry- only one parent is required to come

- if the parents are divorced, separated or not legally married, we require written consent from both parents. Consent can be given at any Israeli Consulate around the world, or at any of the Population and Immigration Offices in Israel.

- Minors from the age of 14+ will receive a passport that is valid until the age of 17, which will then only be renewed after their military status has been determined (exemption or deferral).

- Please note that the first passport application for an adult over the age of 18 requires physical presence at the embassy.

Passports that have been lost, stolen or destroyed

- Please make an appointment via our booking system, we will process your request at the consulate.

- You will be required to fill out an affidavit on theft/loss/destruction of the travel document.

- If your passport has been lost or stolen, please bring with you another form of photographic identification.

Important information:

- Please note that if there are multiple renewal applications from the same household, one envelope is sufficient to return all passports.

- Travel documents that are printed by the State of Israel are state property and are to be closely guarded and kept. We recommend that you do not walk around with your passports on holidays, rather keep them in a safe at your place of stay and walk around with photocopies or other identification.

- Israeli Citizens are required by law to enter and exit Israel using their Israeli passport only. For information about use of foreign passports for Israeli citizens, see the following link - https://www.gov.il/he/departments/news/passport_zr_new​

- Travel documents printed abroad are valid for 5 years and are not biometric. (conditioned on the requirements for receiving a travel document). After 5 years, you must request a new passport. If a passport was printed for less than 5 years then it can be extended to a full 5 year validity, by posting us the extension form (service is free of charge), subject to the conditions stated upon printing the passport (visiting Israel or military defferal for example).

- You can request a biometric passport by sumitting an application at any Interior Ministry office in Israel and they can send it to us in London when it is ready.

- We cannot print or renew passports of Israelis who have Collection Cases open against them (Hotza'a La'Poal). In this case, we can provide a one time travel document to Israel for a direct flight only.

-Citizens over the age of 18 who have not filed to determine their military status will not receive a passport until their status has been determined.

For passport renewal form, please click here

For passport extension form, please click here

For card payment form, please click here

For list of fees, please click here​​