Verification of Public Documents
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    There are two possibilities for verifying a public document.
     

  • Verification by Means of Apostille

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    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 Embassy of Israel.

    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.

    For 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 here.

    Apostille offices in the area:
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    ​​Pennsylvania
    Department of State
    210 North Office building
    Harrisburg, PA 17120
    Tel: 717-787-5280​
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    ​New Jersey ​
    N.J Department of Treasury Division of Revenue
    225 West State Street 3 rd Floor
    Trenton, NJ 08608
    Tel: 609-6338258
    ​Ohio ​
    Secretary Of State Office
    180 E. Broad, 15th Floor
    Columbus, OH 43215
    614-466-2585
    Delaware​ ​
    Secretary of State Office
    Division of Corporation
    Townsend Building
    Dover, DE 19901
    302-739-3077
    ​West Virginia ​
    Secretary of State Office
    State Capital Building
    Charleston, WV 25305
    304-558-6000
    ​Kentucky
    Secretary of State
    Capital Building, Room 150
    Frankfort, KY 40601-3490
    502-564-3490​



  • Verification by Means other than Apostille

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    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.

  • Translators

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    ​The following is a list of translators that provide document translation services from English into Hebrew or vice versa:

    • Michelle Cohen, Tel: 410.294.5254
      Hannah Cohen, Tel: 540.725.1614
      Rutie Eckdish, Tel: 301.340.2546
      Udi Manor, Tel: 305.936.8891

      Day Translations
      Seattle Languages International

      The above list and links does not constitute a recommendation for any of the translators appearing on them. Use of the services of the various translators is the responsibility of the person utilizing the services.​