General Information:
Children of Israelis born abroad are Israeli under Israeli Law - they must be registered up to 30 days after birth!
However, not all Israeli citizens can register their children- only Israelis who were born in Israel or who made Aliya and their children were born after they made Aliyah. For any clarifications, please e-mail us at consular11@london.mfa.gov.il
Please make sure the parents' marital status is updated prior to registering your child (married/divorced/widowed).
If both parents are Israeli and their marriage is registered, only one parent needs to come together with the child and the related documents.
If the parents are not married or have not updated their marital status in the Israeli Population Registry:
2. Israeli mother and foreign father- if you want your child to have the father's surname, you must provide proofs of your relationship 300 days prior to the child's birth. Please contact the consulate for more details on how to prove your relationship.
3. Israeli father and foreign mother who are married but the father is single in the Israeli Population Registry- You must first update your marital status. Then, you must provide documents proving your relationship to your wife- please contact the consulate for more details on how to prove your relationship.
4. Israeli father and foreign mother who are not married- the father must provide proofs of relationship. If the mother is Jewish, you may provide instead a certificate of Judaism from the Jewish Agency.
Documents needed to show at the consulate when registering your child
1. Orignial birth certificate (long version only) where both parents' names appear. Document must be legalised by the FCDO with an Apostile Stamp.
2. Mother's discharge certificate from the hospital with mother's name, baby's gender and date of birth.
4. Parents' passports (Israeli and foreign).
Please note that the child's surname must match the surname of one of the parents at the time of registration! Israeli law does not allow for the creation of a different surname for a child that does not belong to one of the parents.