Date: September 23, 2020 Location: Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Event: Returning your absentee ballot for the 2020 General Election In some states, voter registration and ballot request deadlines for the United States General Election are as early as October fifth. Whether you are a first-time voter or have already received ballots and voted absentee in …
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U.S. Embassy Jerusalem January 8, 2019 The Federal Government of the United States of America is currently in a Lapse of Appropriations period which started Saturday, December 22, 2018. Scheduled passport and visas services, and emergency services for U.S. citizens, will continue at U.S. Embassy Jerusalem and at the Branch Office in Tel Aviv during …
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This is a joint message from U.S. Embassy Jerusalem and U.S. Embassy Branch Office Tel Aviv. The Haifa Consular Agency is permanently closed as of March 26, 2019 U.S. citizens needing consular services may schedule appointments at the American Citizen Services Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem or the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in …
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Due to office renovations, the American Citizen Services Unit of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv is temporarily suspending consular appointments from Monday, July 30, 2018, through Friday, August 3, 2018. This includes appointments for American Citizen Services (passports, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad, notarial services, and other special consular services). During this …
Read More» This a joint message from the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem and the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. In preparation for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, 2018, the Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem (located at 14 David Flusser Street) is temporarily suspending all public …
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Fee Change for Applications for Citizenship under the “Grandparent Clause” American citizens living abroad should note that a new fee schedule will apply to applications for U.S. citizenship through Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), also known as the “Grandparent Clause,” that are postmarked or filed on or after December 23, …
Read More» Don’t wait, return your voted ballot right away! Remember U.S. embassies and consulates are not polling places; same-day in-person voting is not available outside the United States. The majority of states require voted ballots to reach local election officials by the close of polls on Tuesday, November 8. U.S. citizens who want to participate in …
Read More» The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, enacted December 4, 2015, prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport to those persons certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as having a seriously delinquent tax debt, and allows the Department to revoke passports previously issued to these individuals. In addition, the FAST Act permits …
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