Immigration to Israel
What are the ways that a non-Jew can obtain Israeli citizenship?
What are the options for a non-Jew who wants to obtain Israeli citizenship? Israeli law offers several tracks for foreigners who are interested in obtaining this citizenship. One of these tracks is to arrange legal status for a foreign spouse and א minor children, if the foreign citizen’s partner is an Israeli citizen (and the…
Read MoreIsraeli civil marriage
Ilan and Yael got married in their back yard, in the kibbutz where they lived. They had a ceremony without any religious elements, without the presence of a rabbi or observance of the rules required by the Chief Rabbinate when it comes to registering the marriage of a Jewish couple. After the wedding, the two…
Read MoreAliya of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
There are currently some 150,000 Jews of Ethiopian extraction living in Israel, who made aliya from Ethiopia or its surroundings. Most of the olim came to Israel covertly during the aliya of Ethiopian Jewry in Operation Moses in 1984 and Operation Solomon in 1991. Despite the great excitement surrounding their arrival to Israel and the…
Read MoreUpdated Regulations for Hiring Asylum Seekers in Israel – (September 2022)
New regulations for hiring asylum seekers in Israel were recently issued. The change is scheduled to take effect in January 2023. The new regulation is expected to significantly affect the areas of Israel in which asylum seekers can work, as well as the employment sectors available to them. In this article, attorney Irena Rosenberg, a…
Read MorePopulation Registry Extract– What do you need to know?
In the state of Israel there are several ways for a person to show their “Proof of Living” or current personal status. The most widely used document which provides proof of one’s personal status and various relevant details is the population registry extract. This article will explain in detail how to obtain a population registry…
Read MoreApplying for a US birth certificate
Anyone American-born who seeks to immigrate to Israel or any other country is required to present a US birth certificate proving their place of birth in order to obtain the desired service. Our legal offices specialize in, among other services, apostille stamps and notarized translations of documents from abroad for clients who are going through…
Read MoreReturn visa to Israel for a permanent resident
An Israeli resident (not a citizen) with a foreign citizenship must obtain a return visa in order to leave and re-enter Israel’s borders. Most permanent residents are either minorities who were born in Israel, olim who are not interested in citizenship, or foreign spouses of Israelis. Our law firm for issues of immigration to Israel…
Read MoreWhat Is Israeli Medical Tourism?
Many visitors from other countries arrive in Israel to undergo preplanned medical treatments or operations, often making use of special technology, expertise, and/or insurance coverage found in Israel. Approximately 30,000 medical tourists arrive in Israel each year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. The majority of medical tourism visitors arrive from Cyprus, Russia, Ukraine, and…
Read MoreStamka v. Minister of the Interior
As part of our office’s project of summarizing and explicating key Israeli Supreme Court decisions, this article summarizes Stamka v. the Minister of Interior, an HCJ case which determined that Facts Petitioners, who are intermarried, challenged the Ministry of the Interior’s 1995 interpretation of the Law of Return. They also challenged the Ministry of the…
Read MoreRufeisen v. Minister of the Interior – “Brother Daniel”
As a part of our office’s summaries of Israeli law and High Court of Justice decisions, we review the case of “Brother Daniel”, concerning the right of Jews who converted to another religion to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return. The Facts Oswald Rufeisen, aka “Brother Daniel” was born in Poland in 1922.…
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