Personal Status Update

Miami

Consular Services

Updating Family and Personal Status

Family and Personal Status Updates

General

This service allows for the update of marital status (married, divorced, widowed), name change and/or name choice and change of address for the purpose of postal services.
The application must be signed in the presence of a consular representative.
In order to update your marital status a certificate indicating your new status must be provided. The certificate must be authenticated with an apostille. Information on apostille authentication can be found here.
An application will be submitted to the Consulate. The change applied for will be made by the Ministry of Interior in Israel, approximately two months after the application was received by the consulate.

Required Documentation

When applying to update marital status a photocopy of an Israeli passport is required. Additionally, a photocopy of the spouse’s passport (whether Israeli or not) is required.
Application.
An application for updating marital status can be found here.
An application for name change can be found here.
An application for name choice can be found here.
An application for change of address for the purpose of postal services can be found here.
An application for notification of a death, please click here. A copy of the of the deceased ID and a copy of the ID of the person reporting the death are required (Please note, if the reporting person and the deceased are Israeli citizens, the reporting person must include an application to update personal status in their request).
Any application submitted must be signed by the applicant and by the consular representative.
When applying to update marital status a certificate indicating new status must be provided (marriage certificate, divorce agreement or any other official document). The certificate must be authenticated with an apostille.
An Israeli citizen married to a non-Israeli applying to update marital status must include an affidavit signed by his/her non-Israeli spouse in which the spouse attests to his/her previous marital status. This affidavit must be authenticated by the consulate notary. The required affidavit can be found here.
Credit card payment form. The form can be found here.

Fees

Fees Table may be found here.

Schedule an Appointment

To schedule an appointment please click here.

An Israeli couple wishing to update their marital status must arrive at the Consulate together.
The application, as well as the spouse affidavit, can be signed in the presence of a consular officer during the appointment in lieu of a notary public signature and an apostille stamp.
Please note, the marriage certificate or divorce papers must have an apostille stamp is required one way or the other.

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