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Obtaining US Passports

• Emergency number for the U.S. consulate (also after hours): 03-519-7551
• If your U.S. passport is expired, please renew it now, rather than waiting until the last minute, or until our busy summer season.
• Please allow approximately 3 weeks for passport processing, as all U.S. passports are printed in the United States.

U.S. Embassy (Tel Aviv) Increases Passport, Citizenship Services, and Other Fees

The Department of State has announced an increase in consular services fees, which includes passport and notarial fees, effective Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The new fees will be:

PASSPORT AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES:

• An adult passport (using form DS-82) will change from $75 to $110.
• A minor passport (under age 16, using form DS-11) will change from $85 to $105.
• An adult passport (using form DS-11) will change from $100 to $135.  Please refer to www.travel.state.gov to determine which form is appropriate.
• The application fee for passport cards will increase, from $20 to $30 for adults, and from $10 to $15 for minors.
• A new fee of $82 for additional passport pages will be imposed.
• The fee for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad will change from $65 to $100.
• A new fee of $450 is now established for documentation of formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship, which applies only to those persons who choose to take the Oath of Renunciation.

OVERSEAS CITIZENS SERVICES: The fee for making arrangements for a deceased non-U.S. citizen will be $200, plus expenses.  (There is no fee for making arrangements for a deceased U.S. citizen.)

DOCUMENTARY SERVICES: Notarial and authentication services, which now range from $20 to $30, will all be $50.

JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES:

• The fee for processing of letters rogatory will increase from $735 to $2,275.
• Fees for taking depositions and executing commissions to take testimony will change as follows:

• Scheduling/arranging appointments for depositions, from $475 to $1,283;
• Attending or taking depositions or executing commissions to take testimony, from $265/hour to $309/hour plus expenses;
• Swearing in witnesses for telephone depositions and supervising telephone depositions, from $265/hour to $231/hour;
• Providing seal and certification of depositions, from $70 to $415.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: Consular per-hour overtime charges will decrease from $265 to $231.

Applications will not be processed until the appropriate fee is paid in full with the American Citizen Services cashier.

Resources Online

• The U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv Consular Section website: http://israel.usembassy.gov/consular/acs/index.aspx
• U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem Consular Section website (for those living in Jerusalem and the West Bank:
  http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/
• Google Maps: U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem
• Information on Consular Services Provided in Haifa: http://usembassy-israel.org.il/consular/acs/Haifa.aspx
• Online Registration for American Citizens: https://travelregistration.state.gov/
• Access to Consular Informations Sheets and Travel Warnings: http://travel.state.gov
• For public consular inquiries: amctelaviv@stat.gov
• For public consular inquiries for those living in Jerusalem and the West Bank: jerusalemacs@state.gov

OBTAINING UK Passports

Since 3rd May 2010, application for full validity passports for British Nationals is no longer processed at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv. All passport applications from Israel are now processed and printed centrally at the British Embassy’s Passport Processing Centre in Paris. These changes are being implemented throughout the region (not only in Israel).

For more detailed information please visit the UK Embassy website, or go directly to this link: http://ukinisrael.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/passports/change-to-passport-service

For more information, please contact the UK Embassy directly on 03-510-0166.