The Consular Department at the Embassy of Israel is responsible for eastern Ontario (up to and including Kingston), and offers a wide range of services to both Israeli citizens and non-Israelis.
Please contact us via email consdep@ottawa.mfa.gov.il for general inquiries and information in preparing documents.
Before coming to the Consular Department at the Embassy, be sure to review all sections on this website pertaining to consular matters including security details.
Basic Information:
Address:
Embassy of Israel in Canada
50 O’Connor St. Suite 1005
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Reception Hours for Consular Services:
The Consular Section is open to the public from Monday to Friday, 10:00 am - 1:00pm (Excluding holidays)
Payment:
Only Cash or Money Order (Made out to "Embassy of Israel) - No Credit or Debit
Every document requiring a signature that is mailed to the Consulate must be signed in front of a notary public officer.
For any service involving notarized documents, we require that you bring a passport for identification.
Contact Details:
ATTENTION
Due to regulation changes, you will have to be present at the Consulate if you need to do one of the following actions: (you won’t be able to sign in front of a notary public and to mail it to the consulate)
a. Application for first passport – if you never had an Israeli passport before.
b. Application for renewing / extending passport for a minor. – if the parents are married the presence of one of them is enough in some cases.
c. Application for a passport due to loss / theft / destruction of a passport..
d. Notification of the birth of an Israeli citizen abroad – parents and child must attand.
e. Notification of change in marital status.
f. Notification of change of name.
g. Application of waiver of Israeli citizenship.
Threshold Requierments for proof of childbirth
Evidence of delivery are required in order to make sure that the birth was from biological mother and not adoption or any other procedure.
Conclusive evidence for childbirth can be considered by presenting the following documents:
-Certificate from the hospital stating a childbirth.
- Hospitalization documents or letter of discharge signed by a hospital official.
- Documents stating a pergnancy check-up by a physician documented as of as of 3rd month of the pregnancy.
- Any other credible document stating a childbirth.
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 consular representative 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:
Canada is not a signatory to the Hague Convention. Therefore, any official document or certificate of Canadian origin presented at the mission must be authenticated at one of the official offices in the province in which it was signed.
Following is the list of official offices:
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 (in Canada it is the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Authentication and Service of Documents Section), the Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent authority.
Contact Details for Department of Foreign Affairs, Authentication and Service of Documents Section:
Walk in Address
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Monday-Friday 10:30-12:00, 14:00-15:00
Mailing Address
DFAIT
Attention: JLAC
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
The Main Laws of the State of Israel which Consular Work Abroad is Based
- 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 Registry and Rehabilitation of Offenders Law, 5741 - 1981 - with all the amendments thereto over the years.
Details of the Jewish Agency Aliyah Emissary: If the Law of Return applies to you and if you would like to make Aliyah, please call the Israel Aliyah Centre in Toronto at (416) 633-4766, ext. 2, or at 1-866-421-8912; or visit their website at:http://www.aliyah.org
The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is responsible for providing government assistance to new immigrants who have arrived in Israel within the last decade - from their arrival in the country to their integration into every area of life in Israeli society. A 24-hour phone information centre is provided in three languages: English, Hebrew and Russian - 972-3-9733333.
*** We do our best to process all consular requests in a timely manner and we appreciate your patience
Hospitals in Ottawa:
The Ottawa Civic Hospital
(613) 798-5555
1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus
(613) 798-5555
1967 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON K1H 7W9
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
(613) 737-7600
401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1
Queensway Carleton Hospital
(613) 721-2000
3045 Baseline Rd, Nepean, ON K2H 8P4
Funeral Homes in Ottawa:
Jewish Memorial Gardens
(613) 688-3530
2692 Bank St, Gloucester, ON K1T 1K9