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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 653858 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2820 on: April 21, 2021, 04:55:49 PM »
Just notarized, but seems like rules have changed and no need for apostille anymore.
What means Notarized? You take a copy of your birth certificate to a Notary and puts a Notary stamp on it?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2821 on: April 21, 2021, 05:14:44 PM »
What means Notarized? You take a copy of your birth certificate to a Notary and puts a Notary stamp on it?

https://www.nationalnotary.org/notary-bulletin/blog/2014/04/how-to-certify-copy-document
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2822 on: April 21, 2021, 06:41:36 PM »
How's ElAl refunds these days looking, whats the policy today based on the tide?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2823 on: April 21, 2021, 08:32:35 PM »
How strictly is quarantine being enforced for incoming foreigners these days?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2824 on: April 22, 2021, 01:38:27 AM »
When sending in the application for entry permit, make sure that the file size of the PDF is less than 5 MB. Apparently that's an unpublished rule
You can't make this stuff up
they put it in every email I've gotten in the last two weeks for them,which is where all the rules are published

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2825 on: April 22, 2021, 01:39:51 AM »
Officially need to stay. Threats of denying future entry to Israel if they don't comply, remains to be seen whether or not that's enforced
a couple months ago they wouldn't let my sister leave, physically stopped her from going to gate

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2826 on: April 22, 2021, 02:09:07 AM »
'funny' DP - they responded (round 4) to my request by asking for my birth certificate to prove relationship to a first degree relative. which would be fine, but I'm going with my wife to visit her sister who is a citizen, which I made abundantly clear in the application.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2827 on: April 22, 2021, 07:17:41 AM »
'funny' DP - they responded (round 4) to my request by asking for my birth certificate to prove relationship to a first degree relative. which would be fine, but I'm going with my wife to visit her sister who is a citizen, which I made abundantly clear in the application.
Who have you been emailing?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2828 on: April 22, 2021, 07:44:29 AM »
Does an "עולה בכח" "Temporary Resident" A/1/א need a permit to get into Israel? Or can they fly like a citizen?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2829 on: April 22, 2021, 09:15:09 AM »
Who have you been emailing?
NY consulate.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2830 on: April 22, 2021, 10:00:05 AM »
Looking for a flight from TLV for the summer, Alitalia has available, but am thinking that its risky to think they will actually be flying. Maybe should only stick to airlines flying now. Thoughts?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2831 on: April 22, 2021, 10:27:06 AM »
anything for more than two week from now is speculation.  If you have a view on Covid, plan accordingly.  Otherwise, go with bookings that allow free cancellations explicitly, like some point options.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2832 on: April 22, 2021, 10:42:58 AM »
anything for more than two week from now is speculation.  If you have a view on Covid, plan accordingly.  Otherwise, go with bookings that allow free cancellations explicitly, like some point options.

Yes, its points through Delta, flying Alitalia, which I understood from DDMS chart that is fully refundable if booked in April.

Just thinking that if things would remain as is, and not fully open, they probably won't be flying.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2833 on: April 22, 2021, 10:55:17 AM »
Delta should allow you to rebook on something that is operating if the Alitalia gets cancelled yet Covid is tame enough to let you fly - though SkyMiles is definitely not my expertise so maybe someone with more experience with Delta in these matters can chime in.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2834 on: April 22, 2021, 10:59:16 AM »
anything for more than two week from now is speculation.  If you have a view on Covid, plan accordingly.  Otherwise, go with bookings that allow free cancellations explicitly, like some point options.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2835 on: April 22, 2021, 11:30:16 AM »
if you are comfortable to make plans based on an assumption of what the travel situation will be like in the summer, in the context of Covid.  If you believe it is over in Israel and the USA, you might as well obtain outright the "cheapest" flight you can find.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #2838 on: April 22, 2021, 12:34:08 PM »
copy paste for all the frummies?

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ישראלים עם ילדים ללא אזרחות זועקים: "כופים עלינו לאזרח אותם כדי לבקר כמה ימים בארץ"

לאחר שגם בתקופת הקורונה ילדים אמריקנים להורים ישראלים יכלו להיכנס לארץ, הנחיה חדשה בשבועות האחרונים התנתה את הגעתם בדרכון ישראלי. ההורים זועמים: "הילדים שלי נולדו בארה"ב, אנחנו משלמים מיסים כאן. זו דרישה הזויה". רשות האוכלוסין: "ישראל היא מדינת חוק, זה שהם בוחרים לא לרשום את ילדיהם לא הופך זאת לנורמה"

איתמר אייכנר | פורסם 16:42

הנחיה חדשה של רשות האוכלוסין הובילה לכך שאלפי אזרחים ישראלים שמתגוררים בארצות הברית לא יכולים להיכנס לארץ עם ילדיהם, שלא מחזיקים בדרכון ישראלי.

לפי חוק האזרחות, אזרח ישראלי, שנולד לו ילד בחו"ל, מחויב להסדיר את מעמדו ולרשום אותו כאזרח בישראל. במשך שנים נהגו ישראלים להתחכם וניצלו את העובדה שנושאי דרכונים אמריקנים יכולים להיכנס לארץ ללא ויזה, כשמדי פעם היו נוזפים בהם בביקורת הגבולות ומזהירים אותם שהם צריכים להסדיר את המעמד.

 הנחיות הקונסוליה בניו יורק
בעקבות משבר הקורונה סגרה המדינה את השמיים לזרים, אך אפשרה בשנה האחרונה לילדים של ישראלים בעלי דרכונים אמריקנים, שלא הספיקו להסדיר את אזרחותם, להיכנס למדינה עם אישור עלייה מיוחד למטוס. כל מי שהגיע לארץ בשנה האחרונה קיבל התרעה שהוא חייב להסדיר את רישום ילדיו. לפני כמה שבועות, בעקבות הנחיה של רשות האוכלוסין, הודיעו הקונסוליות הישראליות בארה"ב כי "נכון להיום לא מתאפשרת עוד כניסת ילדים להורים ישראלים הזכאים לאזרחות ישראלית. אישור חריג יינתן רק במקרים מיוחדים, כמו למשל מוות של בן משפחה מקרבה ראשונה – מקרים אחרים לא יאושרו".

כעת מוצאים את עצמם אלפי ישראלים בארה"ב, שלהם ילדים שרשומים כאזרחים אמריקנים, בפני שוקת שבורה. מי שכן מחליט לרשום את ילדיו כישראלים מגלה שמדובר בתהליך ארוך ומסורבל מאוד, בייחוד בתקופה זו בשל מגבלות הקורונה. הרוב גם אינם רוצים לעשות זאת מסיבות שונות (הורים גרושים שבן הזוג האמריקני מתנגד לרישום, רתיעה מגיוס לצה"ל, ענייני מס ועוד).
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