Basic Information
Address of the Mission
Consulate General of Israel
180 Bloor Street West, Suite 700,
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2V6
Reception Hours for Consular Services:
The Consular Section is open to the public by appointment ONLY from Monday to Friday, 9:30 am - 12:30pm (Excluding holidays)
Consular Phone: 416- 640- 8505 (10:00am - 1:00pm)
Payment:
Cash payments are no longer accepted- only debit/credit cards (not Amex) or certified cheque (Canadian dollar only) Please make payment payable to: Consulate General of Israel
Every document requiring a signature that is mailed to the Consulate must be signed in front of a notary public officer.
Telephone Reception Hours for Consular Services
Inquiries over the phone from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at: (416) 640-8505
General number: (416) 640-8500
Fax: (416) 640-8555
ATTENTION
Due to regulation changes, you will have to be present at the Consulate if you need to do one of the following actions - If your action relates to a child or minor, they must be present at the consulate as well: (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 – the presence of one parent is needed the child does not need to come to the Consulate.
e. Notification of change in marital status.
f. Notification of change of name.
g. Application of waiver of Israeli citizenship.
List of Qualified Translators
If there is a need for document translation services from the local language into Hebrew or vice versa you can use the following translators, or another certified translator of your choice:
Rachel Stockhammer (416) 638-1933
Fax: (416) 638-9588
Rachel Ovadia (905)707-8793
The above does not constitute a recommendation for the translators appearing on the list. Use of the services of a certified translator is the responsibility of the person utilizing the services.
List of Attorneys
Below is a list of attorneyswhose services can be retained if necessary. The Mission is not permitted or authorized to recommend any particular attorney.
Itamar Cohen (905) 709-3896
Alex Fridman (647) 261-9080
Keith M. Landy (416) 221-9343/229
Gordi Wiseman (416) 964-2285
To obtain a more detailed list, click here for the website of the local Bar Association.
This list does not constitute a recommendation for any of the attorneys appearing on the list. Use of the services of the various attorneys is the responsibility of the person utilizing the services.
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:
Ontario
Official Documents Services
Toronto, ON M7A 2S4
Nearest intersection is College and University
Tel: (416) 325-8416
Manitoba
Manitoba - Department of Finance
1034-405 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6
Tel: (204) 945-2654
Saskatchewan
Deputy Provincial Secretary
800- 1874 Scarth Street
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4B3
Tel: (306)787-3899
Alberta
Alberta Attorney General
9833-109 Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 2E8
Tel: (403) 427-5032
The Law Society of Alberta
600-919 11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 1P3
Tel: (403) 229-4700
At this office, all documents need to be attached, with official signature page attached on top.
British Columbia
The Law Society of British Columbia
845 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 4Z9
Tel: (604) 669-2533
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 (usually the Foreign Ministry or Ministry of Justice), the Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent authority.
Contacts and Inquiries about improving the service provided to Citizens
An email can be sent to the following address:
For feedback on the quality of service provided to citizens by the Mission, click here.
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