OFFICE HOURS AND CONTACTING THE FEDERAL BENEFITS UNIT TEL AVIV:
Federal Benefits Unit (FBU)
FBU handles services dealing with:
Federal Benefits
Social Security
Veterans Benefits
Tel Aviv Federal Benefits Unit will no longer be accepting SS-5’s (Social Security Number applications) from people who reside outside of our consular district, as of April 1, 2008. If you reside in the municipality of Jerusalem, the West Bank or Gaza, please apply at the U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem (http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov).
Public Hours:
Walk in Service: Tuesday through Friday, from 9 to 12 p.m., closed the last Friday of the month
Telephone Service: Tuesday and Thursday, 9 to 11 a.m.
Please note that we are closed the last Friday of every month, as well as U.S. and Israeli Holidays.
Holidays:
Holiday |
Date Observed |
New Year’s Day |
Thursday, January 1, 2009 |
Martin Luther King’s Birthday |
Monday, January 19, 2009 |
Israeli Elections to the 18th Knesset |
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
Presidents’ Day |
Monday, February 16, 2009 |
Passover (1st Day)* |
Thursday, April 9, 2009 |
Passover (Last Day)* |
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
Israeli Independence Day* |
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
Memorial Day |
Monday, May 25, 2009 |
Shavuot (Pentecost)* |
Friday, May 29, 2009 |
USA Independence Day
|
Friday, July 3, 2009 |
Labor Day |
Monday, September 7, 2009 |
Rosh Hashanah (New Year 1st Day)* |
Saturday, September 19, 2009 |
Rosh Hashanah (New Year 2nd Day)* |
Sunday, September 20, 2009 |
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)* |
Monday, September 28, 2009 |
Succot (Feast of Tabernacles)* |
Saturday, October 3, 2009 |
Simhat Torah (Rejoicing of the Law)* |
Saturday, October 10, 2009 |
Columbus Day |
Monday, October 12, 2009 |
Veterans’ Day |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Day |
Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
Christmas Day |
Friday, December 25, 2009 |
New Year’s Day |
Friday, January 1, 2010 |
*Israeli Holiday |
