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Link to form that needs to be filled out within 48 hours of flight to Israel

Accordingly, the FINAL criteria For entering Israel are as follows - you must meet ONE of these conditions in order to enter Israel:

1. Vaccinated within 180 days of the trip with either a second vaccine or a booster and it must be at least 14 days after the shot.

2. Recovered within 180 days of the trip with DIGITAL proof of a positive PCR result and more than 11 days have passed since the positive result. This type of proof only exists in the EU. The UK will likely have it as well.

3. Recovered anytime – even more than 180 days before the trip - with DIGITAL proof of positive PCR result AND vaccinated with at least one dose within 180 days of the trip. Again at the moment the digital proof only exists in the EU and possibly the UK shortly.

Your vaccination or recovery CANNOT expire while in Israel, which means you may not be in Israel more than 180 days after your vaccine or recovery have expired.

CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF ENTRY: VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA CAN MEAN SANCTIONS INCLUDING BARRING YOUR ENTRY TO ISRAEL FOR 5 YEARS.

Link to pay for the Covid test that you'll take upon arrival in TLV

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3940 on: July 20, 2021, 12:26:07 PM »
My personal experience from the three times I applied has been NO.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3941 on: July 20, 2021, 12:47:34 PM »
Crazy.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3942 on: July 20, 2021, 10:19:50 PM »
Checked the wiki and couldn't find the relevant information- I'm sure it was discussed somewhere in the proceeding 198 pages...

What are the requirements for an Israeli Citizen residing in the US that wants to visit family in Israel?
And what if the citizen's Israeli passport is expired?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3943 on: July 20, 2021, 11:31:51 PM »
Checked the wiki and couldn't find the relevant information- I'm sure it was discussed somewhere in the proceeding 198 pages...

What are the requirements for an Israeli Citizen residing in the US that wants to visit family in Israel?
And what if the citizen's Israeli passport is expired?

Get a valid Israeli passport, PCR test prior to flight, and if wanting to exit quarantine based on vaccination or recovery take an antibody test in Israel and submit along with proof of recovery (earlier positive PCR or antibody test) or vaccination from the US.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3944 on: July 20, 2021, 11:37:37 PM »
I'm a bit confused. When we land in TLV, we are obligated to take a Covid test? Is it a rapid test and we get the results before exiting the airport? And 2) if we are vaccinated and want to exit quarantine ASAP, we just take an antibody test and exit quarantine as soon as we get the test results?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3945 on: July 20, 2021, 11:49:50 PM »
I'm a bit confused. When we land in TLV, we are obligated to take a Covid test?
Yes.

Is it a rapid test and we get the results before exiting the airport?

No.

And 2) if we are vaccinated and want to exit quarantine ASAP, we just take an antibody test and exit quarantine as soon as we get the test results?

Once you get the antibody test results you need to submit them online along with your vaccination card attached to a request to exit quarantine. They say you get an answer within 48 hours.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3946 on: July 21, 2021, 12:03:09 AM »
Yes.

No.

Once you get the antibody test results you need to submit them online along with your vaccination card attached to a request to exit quarantine. They say you get an answer within 48 hours.

thanks. so you just take the required test in the airport and they contact you if there's an issue?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3947 on: July 21, 2021, 12:46:49 AM »
Get a valid Israeli passport, PCR test prior to flight, and if wanting to exit quarantine based on vaccination or recovery take an antibody test in Israel and submit along with proof of recovery (earlier positive PCR or antibody test) or vaccination from the US.
Antibody test in the US and Israel is enough to get out of quarantine if one is not vaccinated?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3948 on: July 21, 2021, 03:21:28 AM »
Déjà vu




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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3949 on: July 21, 2021, 08:22:57 AM »
Just applied for my father and was denied because the baby wasn’t born yet, even though Chaim Vchessed’s website claims that a letter from a dr stating due date was enough.
you applied thru the online portal? How long later did you get a response?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3950 on: July 21, 2021, 10:06:48 AM »
Positive Antibody test in the US and Positive antibody test in Israel that are at least 2 weeks apart, along with a negative PCR test (taken at the airport) is enough to get out of quarantine by submitting all of those as documentation of prior infection and recovery if one is not vaccinated?

FTFY.

Yes.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3951 on: July 21, 2021, 10:57:28 AM »
Why is having an Israeli SMS number make it easier to get out of bidud again? And is a kosher phone good enough (no sms), too?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3952 on: July 21, 2021, 10:59:31 AM »
Can i use my antibody test i took in israel 3 weeks ago to get out of quarintine now?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3953 on: July 21, 2021, 11:03:09 AM »
Can i use my antibody test i took in israel 3 weeks ago to get out of quarintine now?

Yes. As per the instructions above. Alternatively, you can try to see if you have a green pass.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3954 on: July 21, 2021, 11:09:11 AM »
Thanks above as in somewhere back? Or was discussed recently?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3955 on: July 21, 2021, 05:26:21 PM »
FTFY.

Yes.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3956 on: July 21, 2021, 05:27:57 PM »
Where do you submit it?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3958 on: July 21, 2021, 10:00:31 PM »
https://govforms.gov.il/mw/forms/QuarantineExceptionExit%40health.gov.il?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I figured I would post some relevant screenshots from the form

After entering identifying information select ביטול בידוד.



On my phone the drop down doesn't seem to work, unless I start typing. Type a מ and you shouldn't be able to select מחלימים או מחוסנים שחוזרים מחו"ל.



Here they require proof of prior infection (or vaccination, though they don't spell it out) they say that acceptable proof is: Positive PCR, Positive Antigen, or Positive antibody test. If none of those are available but you are vaccinated, upload proof of vaccination here.



Positive Antibody test taken in Israel that is at least 10 days later than proof of prior infection uploaded above.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #3959 on: July 21, 2021, 11:31:19 PM »
Thats really helpful thanks!