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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 660380 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4920 on: October 08, 2021, 08:20:38 AM »
I was on the phone with misrad habriut to get another person out of bidud.
From my experience the exact same things that work for Israelis, also gets Americans out of bidud.
There is too much inaccurate information out there, including perhaps from chaim vchessed

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4921 on: October 08, 2021, 08:52:48 AM »
I was on the phone with misrad habriut to get another person out of bidud.
From my experience the exact same things that work for Israelis, also gets Americans out of bidud.
There is too much inaccurate information out there, including perhaps from chaim vchessed
So why don't they publish accurate info?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4922 on: October 08, 2021, 09:13:04 AM »
So why don't they publish accurate info?

Hahaha

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4923 on: October 08, 2021, 11:05:31 AM »
From the messages I see here it seems like you don't need to quarantine for 7 days when you fly from USA if you have antibodies, am I correct?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4924 on: October 09, 2021, 04:19:12 PM »
What's a good health insurance for a tourist coming from the US for 2 weeks?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4925 on: October 09, 2021, 04:35:34 PM »
Hahaha

What's Haha??

If you can give us all more accurate info, go ahead and give it.
If you can tell us where CVC is wrong, tell us.
Otherwise you're just another anonymous poster online taking shots at things.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4926 on: October 09, 2021, 08:27:41 PM »
What's Haha??

If you can give us all more accurate info, go ahead and give it.
If you can tell us where CVC is wrong, tell us.
Otherwise you're just another anonymous poster online taking shots at things.

I don't think he's taking shots at CVC, more so at anyone expecting reliable and consistent guidance. I don't know if any other jurisdiction in the world has flip-flopped as frequently, with contradicting and senseless rules and guidance. 
« Last Edit: October 09, 2021, 11:03:35 PM by ExGingi »
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4927 on: October 09, 2021, 10:49:58 PM »
Us passport holder is going next week. Has booster CVC
She will take serology and PCR upon landing.
Once gets the results just called misrad to get out?
This all takes 24 hours?
Thanks

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4928 on: October 09, 2021, 10:53:15 PM »
Took me 3 days, but this was over Yom Kippur.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4929 on: October 09, 2021, 10:58:30 PM »
Us passport holder is going next week. Has booster CVC
She will take serology and PCR upon landing.
Once gets the results just called misrad to get out?
This all takes 24 hours?
Thanks

Call when it's in the middle of the night there. Minimal wait time on the phone and you'll be done quickly.
Don't bother filling out the form to exit bidud. You'll hear back a month later.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4930 on: October 09, 2021, 11:05:42 PM »
I filled out the form and when I called in they asked me the application n umber. Then I got out and Tav Yarok a couple of hours later.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4931 on: October 09, 2021, 11:16:55 PM »
I don't think he's taking shots at CVC, more so at anyone expecting reliable and consistent guidance. I don't know if any other jurisdiction in the world has flip-flopped as frequently, with contradicting and senseless rules and guidance.

See for example:

https://twitter.com/gotomichal/status/1446939203112251399?s=21
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4932 on: October 10, 2021, 09:23:41 AM »
But they only recognize vaccines administered in the EU or the following non-EU countries:

•    Albania
•    Andorra
•    Switzerland
•    Faroe Islands
•    Israel
•    Iceland
•    Liechtenstein
•    Morocco
•    Monaco
•    North Macedonia
•    Norway
•    Panama
•    San Marino
•    Turkey
•    Ukraine
•    The Vatican
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en
So for now if you were vaccinated in the US, you cannot get an EU Covid Pass in a kosher way.

A relative of mine is a citizen of one of those countries (EEA/Schengen, I think) and got a European COVID pass from that country by providing proof of US vaccination. Perhaps it’s YMMV.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4933 on: October 10, 2021, 11:50:13 PM »
To visit a first-degree relative, they require vaccine within the past 6 months. However, I got Moderna and not eligible for a booster shot. Anything that I can do?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4934 on: October 11, 2021, 08:28:13 AM »
To visit a first-degree relative, they require vaccine within the past 6 months. However, I got Moderna and not eligible for a booster shot. Anything that I can do?
I have the same issue. Any suggestions?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4935 on: October 11, 2021, 08:32:33 AM »
To visit a first-degree relative, they require vaccine within the past 6 months. However, I got Moderna and not eligible for a booster shot. Anything that I can do?

This is factually inaccurate. What is your source?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4936 on: October 11, 2021, 08:40:42 AM »
This is factually inaccurate. What is your source?
I'm still trying to make sense of all the different rules, so if I'm wrong, please correct me.

My understanding was, need to be vaccinated within 6 months to get the permit. Once in Israel, upon arrival you need a PCR and Antibodies test. Once the results are in, you can exit quarantine after 24 hours.

ETA: My source was the Amudim website: https://amudim.org/travel-quar/#info
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4937 on: October 11, 2021, 09:04:31 AM »
You cant exit until Misrad Habriut tells you you can, by sms or email.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4938 on: October 11, 2021, 09:06:03 AM »
I think Israel will open this November, at least to Europeans with official digital vaccination records
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4939 on: October 11, 2021, 10:22:20 AM »
I'm still trying to make sense of all the different rules, so if I'm wrong, please correct me.

My understanding was, need to be vaccinated within 6 months to get the permit. Once in Israel, upon arrival you need a PCR and Antibodies test. Once the results are in, you can exit quarantine after 24 hours.

ETA: My source was the Amudim website: https://amudim.org/travel-quar/#info
I have relatives in the US who applied yesterday more than 6 months after dose #2. Let's see if they get approved.