Business Visitor in Israel? Not Necessarily!

In our global age, social and occupational mobility are very important. These interests should be the focus of any country interested in economic development. Many businesspeople and global companies’ visitors enter Israel for a wide variety of reasons: business meetings, participation in conventions, negotiations, signing contracts, and other commercial activities. Global companies and Human Resource […]

B/2 Visitor Visa in Israel

To enter Israel, as with most countries, one must hold a valid B/2 visitor visa. Israel grants B/2 visas in a variety of ways to different categories of visitors: Visitors who are citizens of countries with which Israel has signed an agreement are granted a visa automatically, and in most cases free of charge, upon […]

Certification of Public Documents

Persons seeking to relocate to Israel will in most cases be required to gather and present various official documents according to the different stages of the relocation process. In most cases, official documents may be certified in the applicant’s home country. There are a number of requirements that should be considered. Certification of public documents […]

Regulating status of a foreign spouse – The Interview Procedure

Introduction Our global era leads to the existence of mixed couples, when Israeli citizens choose to share their life with foreign citizens they meet on their trips abroad or in Israel itself. As the relationship becomes serious, the couple is given the possibility of regulating foreign spouse legal status in Israel, allowing her/him living and […]

Common-law Family Members of Foreign Experts

Establishing a mutual love relationship between couples is still done by marriage and marriage ceremony in most cases. The marriage institution is still very popular all over the world, based everywhere on similar principles – a public binding attachment between a couple. However, each country has developed a set of rules, regulations and laws for […]

Illegal Employment of Foreign Experts in Israel – Is It Really Worth It?

Almost all of us here in Israel are aware of the phenomenon of illegal employment of foreign workers and foreign experts. One of the reasons for illegal employment is, undoubtedly, the attempt to reduce the employer’s expenses. In this article we shall discuss the various costs to the employer for legally employing foreign experts and […]

Asylum Seekers to Israel – Political and Legal Aspects

Introduction For the past few years, foreign nationals have been entering Israel illegally and seeking asylum. The entry of numerous foreign citizens in Israel, concentrated in the southern neighborhoods of Tel Aviv, poses problems for the government, which the government so far has failed to resolve. Most of the foreign nationals come from Eritrea and […]

Foreign experts and their families – changing the regulations

In this article we will explore the issue of Entry visas for foreign experts’ families, explain the process and purpose of this specific Visa and elaborate on the problematic aspects of the present Entry Visa regulations. Foreign Experts B-1 Visa The issue of relocating foreign experts from all over the world and bringing them to […]

Issuing an Israeli Passport to the “Ole Chadash” and the Exception for Businessman Not Settled in Israel

Someone Jewish who is interested in an Israeli passport must, first of all, receive citizenship, make Israel the center of his/ her life, and then he/ she will be entitled to an Israeli passport a year later. During the first 3 months of his/ her “Aliya,” the new immigrant is allowed to enter and leave […]