Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread

[ExGingi]

What are the chances that they have a history of the requests? i.e. under this TZ # this is the list of requests we've received.. and for Ergel we've received 5 under the last 24h with 5 different reasons?

Just thinking out loud 

While one can never know, but if I were to publicly share the various responses I received and times/dates they were received, I wouldn't consider it likely. But hey, it isn't just a committee, it's Israel, where everything changes at least twice a day, so you can never know.

[ExGingi]

Local serological test. Either through your Kupah or privately.
If the test is positive, you can get a Dr to enter you as Machlim.
The English speaking doctor in Bais Yisroel is taking 50 shekel for the secretarial work.

Will he do that for someone who doesn't live in Israel, such as myself or my wife? If yes, and can be done remotely, kindly PM details. This is very important.

It isn't (just) an airline, it's Israel. 
הכי בבית בעולם

The hebrew one would be true if your house was run by your toddler having a tantrum

Hereby nominated for best of DDF

[Ergel]

IgG tested the kids already?

Yup (well, at least through the kupah, but I have my doubts it actually made it to a lab)

[yfr bachur]

Will he do that for someone who doesn't live in Israel, such as myself or my wife? If yes, and can be done remotely, kindly PM details. This is very important.

I don't know if it works for someone who is not a member of a Kupah

[ExGingi]

I don't know if it works for someone who is not a member of a Kupah

It would be greatly appreciated if you could find out and report back. Many would be thankful.

[tavster]

Of course, but what alternative do I have?

When is your flight?

[Ploni3]

To nyc

It looks to be one of the approved ones; hopefully we are beyond the new cancellations, for this week.  I don't think anyone can say anything with 100% certainty, in this environment, though.

[Ergel]

When is your flight?

As of now, next Thursday, though I do anticipate a levaya sooner

[Dan]

Try Amudim or Cv"c?

[Ergel]

Try Amudim or Cv"c?

My contacts are better than either of those

[aygart]

Ahem. Where's @aygart to point out the huge incentive to get kids infected. Since they don't give vaccines under age 16, and kids might be restricted from traveling if they didn't recover from COVID-19, send them to infection parties to make sure they get infected.

I knew that once you were able to get in you would pick that up too

[Lurker]

With all the RIP/BDE due to COVID-19, I haven't seen Common Sense being mentioned. That seems to have been a major casualty of COVID-19.

Predates Covid. Common Sense was never as common as its name suggests.

[Euclid]

Predates Covid. Common Sense was never as common as its name suggests.

Common sense is for commoners.

[ExGingi]

Predates Covid. Common Sense was never as common as its name suggests.

Common sense isn't that common. But COVID-19 killed it completely.

[ExGingi]

I knew that once you were able to get in you would pick that up too

Let the parties begin!

[PlatinumGuy]

This is the new procedure for foreigners to enter:

*רשות האוכלוסין וההגירה: החל ממחר, 8.3.2021, כניסת זרים לישראל תתבצע בכפוף לבקשה שתוגש מבעוד מועד*

בהתאם להחלטת הממשלה מיום 2.3.2021, האחריות על בחינת כניסת זרים לישראל הינה בידי ועדת היתרים בראשות רשות האוכלוסין וההגירה.

במהלך השבועיים הקרובים תינתן עדיפות לכניסת ישראלים, לקראת מועד הבחירות. מסיבה זו, כניסת זרים תאושר בצמצום ובהתאם לנסיבות חריגות.

בקשה לקבלת אישור כניסה עבור  זר לישראל תוגש באמצעות טופס מקוון, *בליווי המסמכים התומכים בבקשה.*

הבקשות תיבחנה בהתאם *לקריטריונים שנקבעו בהחלטת הממשלה*:
1. צורך חיוני ליחסי החוץ של ישראל או מטעמי ביטחון המדינה.
2. ספורטאי מקצועי, לצורך השתתפות בתחרות ומלווהו, הנדרש לתחרות.
3. מי שבידו אשרת עולה או זכויות עולה ושלא ניתן לדחות את עלייתו.
4. עובד זר הנחוץ לצורך שמירה על רציפות תפקודית.
5. בן זוג או הורה לאזרח או תושב ישראלי, המבקש להכנס לצורך אחד הטעמים המפורטים באתר.
6. לצורך הומניטרי או אישי מיוחד, המחייב כניסה מידית לישראל.

הבקשות תיבחנה על ידי חברי הוועדה, ביחד עם המסמכים הנלווים אליהן ובהתאם למכלול הנתונים תתקבל החלטה.

מענה לבקשות יינתן באמצעות המייל שסיפקו הפונים.

להלן קישור לקריטריונים המפורטים ול טופס הגשת בקשה:
https://go.gov.il/exceptions_corona


Most importantly, , which makes it look like students will be allowed to renter after Pesach.

Updated to say students won't be allowed in before April 5

סטודנטים, משתתפי מס"ע ותלמידי ישיבה – לא תותר כניסתם עד לתאריך 5.4.2021

[PlatinumGuy]

My contacts are better than either of those

Amudim is the best of all.

[a mirrer]

Has anyone been successful getting a "green pass" if not enrolled in Kupat Cholim?

I am trying to help a yeshiva student (US citizen) who got both shots from Magen David Adom. Now is trying to get the green pass from the Ministry of Health website, but it errors. I speculate the problem may be that he is not a member of Kupat Cholim and the website may tie into those systems to get confirmation of vaccination. The website says: "Ministry of Health make use of my personal contact information provided to my HMO insurance to validate my identity with the information that I have entered"

There must be lots of others in the same situation - I heard of lots of foreign-national yeshiva/seminary students getting the vaccine from MADA.

BTW, The website we are trying is https://corona.health.gov.il/en/green-pass/ by providing the passport number. The error is: "Something went wrong with your identification..." We are one week after the second shot.

call the misrad habriut hotline and they will email it to him

[Ergel]

Try to write to Tzofiya.King@mfa.gov.il to appeal. When I did that she responded to me that I should reapply and it would be approved, it didn't work out due to confusion with the application numbers (possibly on my behalf, a little hard doing everything of a phone and searching the GMail app).

[Dan]

Don't let Bibi know about this