Notarization and consular authorizations
Israeli citizens can use this service to get notary services and consular authorizations at Israeli missions around the world.
You can receive the service if you are one of the following:
- An Israeli citizen
- A foreign citizen who needs a notarized signature on a document that needs to be submitted in Israel.
About notary services at Israeli missions
- Notarizations must take place in the presence of a diplomatic or consular representative.
- For notarizations regarding minors, the diplomatic representatives must receive permission in advance from the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out the notarizations.
- Israeli missions abroad are not authorized to prepare wills, authenticate property agreements between spouses, or prepare any sort of legal document.
- Diplomatic or consular representatives may use their own judgment and authority to refuse to provide notary services, if they do not believe that they meet all legal requirements.
Notarizations will not be carried out at the missions in the following cases:
- They are not carried out of the applicant’s own free will.
- They violate the laws of the country where the applicant lives.
- The document is false or illegal in nature.
- The document is incomplete or ill-prepared.
In cases where applicants cannot appear before a representative or notary for authentication of their signature, they must call the mission to find out about other options.
What you need:
- Applicants must appear at the Israeli mission in their country of residence with a passport, ID card, driver’s license, and the original documents that they wish to have authenticated.
- Signature authentications for under 18 year olds requires a guardian’s signature or authorization from a court of law.
- Signature authentications on a document to be used for a real-estate transaction require only an ID card or valid passport for identification purposes.
- In cases where the document is unfamiliar to the representative or the one who needs to sign it, a translation and translator’s declaration of authentication must be attached.
- The translator’s declaration must state that the translator is fluent in both languages and that the translation is faithful to the original.
The translator’s declaration can be authenticated in one of the following ways:
- By an authorized diplomatic representative, as a separate notarization.
- By a local notary, with an apostille attached.
- By an attorney in Israel.
The following documents must be attached to the authentication of a signature in the name of a corporation or company that is incorporated in Israel:
- The company’s certificate of incorporation or registration, signed and stamped as a certified copy by the company’s attorney.
- Current written authorization by the company’s attorney or accountant confirming that the one signing has the authority to make commitments and sign documents on the corporation’s behalf.
The following documents must be attached to the signature authentication of a company that incorporated abroad:
- The company’s certificate of incorporation or registration, authenticated by apostille.
- Current authorization by the company’s attorney or accountant confirming that the one signing has the authority to make commitments and sign documents on the corporation’s behalf.
In countries that are not signatories to the Apostille Convention, the required documents must be authenticated as foreign public documents.
List of countries that require an apostille
Service fee
See the fee table at the Israeli mission where you intend to apply for fees
Applicants must appear with a passport, ID card, or driver’s license, together with the original documents that they wish to authenticate, at the Israeli mission in their country of residence.
Where it is necessary to authenticate copies of original documents, the Consular Department at the mission will copy the original document in order to make sure that the copy is identical with the original. Only then will the authentication be issued.
Service fee
The service fee is in accordance with the fees table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
Applicants must appear with a passport, ID card, or driver’s license, together with the declaration that they wish to authenticate, at the Israeli mission in their country of residence.
Documents written in a language that the consular representative does not understand cannot be authenticated. In order to authenticate a declaration in a language unknown to the representative, a translation must be attached with a notarized and authenticated declaration by the translator.
The translator’s declaration must state that the translator is fluent in both languages and that the translation is faithful to the original.
The translator’s declaration can be authenticated in one of the following ways:
- By an authorized diplomatic representative, as a separate notarization.
- By a local notary, with an apostille attached.
- By an attorney in Israel.
Service fee
The service fee is in accordance with the fees table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
The expert must appear at the Israeli consulate in his or her country of residence with the following documents:
- An ID card or publicly-issued photo ID.
- His/her professional certification and license number.
- A document attesting to his/her address.
- A document attesting to his/her workplace.
A professional opinion by an expert shall not be admitted as legal evidence unless a consular or diplomatic representative of Israel has authenticated it.
Service fee
The service fee is in accordance with the fee table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
People living abroad who receive payments from the Israeli government, reparations from Germany, or payment from any individual Israeli entity and need to prove that they are alive are eligible to receive this service.
In every case where a Life Certificate is requested, the one making the request must appear in person.
Applicants must appear at the Israeli mission in their country of residence with a passport, ID card, or driver’s license, with the declaration that they wish to authenticate.
Service fee
- In accordance with the fee table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
- In cases where a Life Certificate is requested for the National Insurance Institute or the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Division, the service is provided free of charge.
Those eligible for this service are citizens who wish to authenticate a public document issued by a sovereign authority of the country where the mission is located:
- A government ministry.
- A local authority.
- A court of law or rabbinical court.
- An entity with jurisdictional authority.
- A notary or any other foreign official entity.
Required documents:
- ID card.
- The public document that the applicant wishes to authenticate, which has been authenticated previously by the foreign ministry of the applicant’s country of residence.
Service fee
In accordance with the fees table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
The physician must appear, with the following documents, at the Israeli mission in his/her country of residence:
- An ID card or publicly-issued photo ID.
- His/her professional certification and license number.
- A document attesting to his/her address.
- A document attesting to his/her workplace.
Service fee
In accordance with the fees table posted on the website of the mission where the service is rendered.
If there is any difference or conflict between the information on this page and the law, the provisions of the law will apply.