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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

Author Topic: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread  (Read 660763 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4900 on: October 06, 2021, 07:09:47 PM »
Have Israeli passport etc
Filled out entry forms and tests forms

Landed, got to passport, everything was a breeze.

Seralogy and PCR done in minutes.

Car rented and out of airport in probably less than an hour after landing

Serology came back positive within minutes, had covid 6 months ago.

Pcr negative sometime that night

We called up the health department in the morning and got them to let me out of bidud
Would it be a dif if i'm a US citizen?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4901 on: October 06, 2021, 07:16:30 PM »
Would it be a dif if i'm a US citizen?
dono how long it wouldva taken, but foreign citizens were being routed thru a different way

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4902 on: October 06, 2021, 07:27:42 PM »
Have Israeli passport etc
Filled out entry forms and tests forms

Landed, got to passport, everything was a breeze.

Seralogy and PCR done in minutes.

Car rented and out of airport in probably less than an hour after landing

Serology came back positive within minutes, had covid 6 months ago.

Pcr negative sometime that night

We called up the health department in the morning and got them to let me out of bidud

Our experiences as US passport holders, arriving erev Sukkot, was qualitatively similar. 
No line at passport control -- used the automated scanner...no need to stop at the window and speak to agent. Took seconds, not minutes.
No line to get serology; long line to get PCR.
Serology results done in 10 minutes or less.
PCR resulted in hours / overnight.
Calls after chag to MOH took a little navigating, but we were both out of Bidud that day.
(Neither of us ever had COVID; both of us are properly vaccinated.)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4903 on: October 06, 2021, 10:24:25 PM »
dono how long it wouldva taken, but foreign citizens were being routed thru a different way

Routed where?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4904 on: October 07, 2021, 12:58:25 AM »
Routed where?

the secret dungeon under the airport

seriously, i dont know. but it wasnt a place visible to everyone else

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4905 on: October 07, 2021, 08:09:37 AM »
the secret dungeon under the airport

seriously, i dont know. but it wasnt a place visible to everyone else

I thought you were talking about misrad habriut.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4906 on: October 07, 2021, 08:22:49 AM »
How long do people usually wait on hold with misrad habriut?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4907 on: October 07, 2021, 08:48:05 AM »
How long do people usually wait on hold with misrad habriut?

So I waited 40 minutes. Then they told me that they can't do anything. Don't see it yet. Need to wait up to 72 hours bla bla.

Any other idea?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4908 on: October 07, 2021, 09:44:40 AM »
Someone posted this on a travelers group.

He was in bidud and got a call from the cops asking if he is indeed where he is supposed to be. Right after he was sent a link, asking to upload his live location




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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4909 on: October 07, 2021, 12:13:45 PM »
Someone posted this on a travelers group.

He was in bidud and got a call from the cops asking if he is indeed where he is supposed to be. Right after he was sent a link, asking to upload his live location



he's doing bidud in a public park?
im doing bidud in my car

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4910 on: October 07, 2021, 12:29:03 PM »
he's doing bidud in a public park?
im doing bidud in my car

I did it in my pants.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4911 on: October 07, 2021, 01:29:07 PM »
Is Israel accepting a RAPID PCR for entry?    Their website says no rapid tests, but that usually means antigen in Israel

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4912 on: October 07, 2021, 02:30:06 PM »
Our experiences as US passport holders, arriving erev Sukkot, was qualitatively similar. 
No line at passport control -- used the automated scanner...no need to stop at the window and speak to agent. Took seconds, not minutes.
No line to get serology; long line to get PCR but had VIP

PCR resulted in hours / overnight.

Same
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4913 on: October 07, 2021, 02:35:11 PM »
Same

The question is how long it took to make the serological test be useful.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4914 on: October 07, 2021, 03:19:22 PM »
Someone posted this on a travelers group.

He was in bidud and got a call from the cops asking if he is indeed where he is supposed to be. Right after he was sent a link, asking to upload his live location



he prob tested positive upon arrival
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4915 on: October 07, 2021, 05:12:12 PM »
I did it in my pants.
i tried doing that also, but israeli gas prices ended me up with just the car

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4916 on: October 07, 2021, 06:38:45 PM »
is J&J vaccine recognized by Israel?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4917 on: October 07, 2021, 10:36:46 PM »
So I waited 40 minutes. Then they told me that they can't do anything. Don't see it yet. Need to wait up to 72 hours bla bla.

Any other idea?

So called at night here. Minimal wait time and got out of bidud. I understand that they don't even see the request form. Had to give all the details and attest. My understanding is that being recovered under 6 months ago is very important.

Also, anyone had issues with their calls dropping? I called for someone else afterwards and the call kept on dropping at random points.

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