Every Israeli citizen must notify the Israeli authorities of any change in their marital status, such as marriage, divorce or widowhood.

This service is provided by appointment only.

This service allows for the update of marital status (married, divorced, widowed), name change or name choice and change of address for the purpose of postal services.

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, about two (2) months after the application is received by the Consulate.

Marriage Notification-

1.          You must bring an original marriage certificate With Apostille, your Israeli passport or ID, and your spouse's passport or ID.

2.          You must fill out the appropriate form.

3.          If the woman wants to choose to carry the name of her spouse, she can do so while notifying of the marriage at no additional cost.

4.         If both applicants are Israeli, both must come to the Consulate to notify of the marriage. If one of the applicants is not an Israeli citizen and the Israeli citizen can provide a marriage license, only the Israeli citizen must notify of the marriage. If one of the applicants is an Israeli citizen, the other applicant is not an Israeli citizen, and a marriage license cannot be provided, both applicants must come to the consulate.

5.         Both spouses must bring their passports.

Divorce Notification-

1.             You must bring an original Certificate of Divorce with Apostille (from a local court and not from the rabbinate/local rabbi) that has either been authenticated by global affairs or the relevant government authority .

2.          You must fill out the appropriate form.

3.          If both applicants are Israeli, both must appear in person at the Consulate to notify of the divorce.

However, if one of the applicants is a foreign citizen, only the Israeli citizen has to appear in person to report the divorce.

4.          If the woman wants to change her family name following the divorce, she can do so while notifying of the divorce at no additional cost.

Note that if neither of the applicants were present at the courtroom during the divorce proceedings, both of them must appear in person at the Consulate to sign the divorce notification form.​

Widowhood Notification-

1.          You must bring an original Certificate of Death with Apostille (from the province and not from the funeral home).

2.          You must fill out the appropriate form.

3.          The notifier must be a memeber of the deceased's family - spouse/partner or child over the age of 18.

4.         You must bring the deceased's passport or Israeli ID card.

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