Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread

[hr555]

Yes. Your spouse doesn’t need to be traveling with you.

From Amudim's website:
The guidelines below are for a foreign Spouse of an Israeli Citizen who meet the following criteria:

1) must be either
- Traveling Together with the Israeli Spouse or
- The Israeli Spouse must already be in Israel

2) The Israeli Spouse must have been in Israel at any point over the past 36 months

[jaywhy]

From Amudim's website:
The guidelines below are for a foreign Spouse of an Israeli Citizen who meet the following criteria:

1) must be either
- Traveling Together with the Israeli Spouse or
- The Israeli Spouse must already be in Israel

2) The Israeli Spouse must have been in Israel at any point over the past 36 months

I just got a permit without either of these 2 conditions.

[Danlover111]

I just got a permit without either of these 2 conditions.

A foreign spouse traveling without the Israeli??

[jaywhy]

A foreign spouse traveling without the Israeli??

Correct. No apostile either.

[ejb123]

AA - moved their JFK flight later - so now lands at 6:10pm - so not possible to make the Shamir antibody test on day of landing - ends at 6pm. Anyone have an experience with getting a test after 6pm with quick turnaround?

Also - anyone with recent experience - for Motzei Shabbos flight back to US - is the only option to test on Thursday (Friday too risky with lab turnaround before flight) ?

Last question - what cell number is used to track quarantine? - any issue using israeli cell of a family member in israel for multiple people? Can you use a US number?

Thank you.

[ExGingi]

Green Pass (or other alternatives, of which I am unaware) is required in order to enter terminal. It isn't requested at any other point (negative COVID test is requested at check-in) AFAIK barcode isn't scanned. When I entered ID number was compared to whatever is shown on passport. Not too difficult to edit with a different ID number, and it works for that purpose.

[A3]

Which antibody test should one take in the US after vaccination to confirm antibodies for Israel purposes?

[Dan]

Which antibody test should one take in the US after vaccination to confirm antibodies for Israel purposes?

https://www.labcorp.com/tests/164090/sars-cov-2-semi-quantitative-total-antibody-spike

[Shauly101]

AA - moved their JFK flight later - so now lands at 6:10pm - so not possible to make the Shamir antibody test on day of landing - ends at 6pm. Anyone have an experience with getting a test after 6pm with quick turnaround?

Also - anyone with recent experience - for Motzei Shabbos flight back to US - is the only option to test on Thursday (Friday too risky with lab turnaround before flight) ?

Last question - what cell number is used to track quarantine? - any issue using israeli cell of a family member in israel for multiple people? Can you use a US number?

Thank you.

for return to US - assuming you would need a COVID negative? can you get out of this with vaccine? and are there options for doing tests on Sunday?

[ExGingi]

Which antibody test should one take in the US after vaccination to confirm antibodies for Israel purposes?

It doesn't make much of a difference. I would suggest any test that actually shows a number rather than just positive or negative. This is only for your own knowledge, you will need an Israeli test in order to exit quarantine.

[ExGingi]

for return to US - assuming you would need a COVID negative? can you get out of this with vaccine? and are there options for doing tests on Sunday?

Vaccine makes no difference. Covid test is required by the US in order to board flight.

One can definitely test on Sunday in Israel. Cheapest that I'm aware of is at the airport, though if you're flying Sunday night you might want to get your test rather early on Sunday (as a backup, just in case it doesn't come back on time, just edit the date on the test you took upon arrival in Israel).

[ae123]

https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1968036/breaking-multiple-fraudulent-permit-holders-deported-banned-from-israel-for-five-years.html

[AsherO]

https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1968036/breaking-multiple-fraudulent-permit-holders-deported-banned-from-israel-for-five-years.html

This is one way to deter people from buying these fraudulent permits...

[Shauly101]

Vaccine makes no difference. Covid test is required by the US in order to board flight.

One can definitely test on Sunday in Israel. Cheapest that I'm aware of is at the airport, though if you're flying Sunday night you might want to get your test rather early on Sunday (as a backup, just in case it doesn't come back on time, just edit the date on the test you took upon arrival in Israel).

any locations in JLM?


also, for quarantine do they gather the info from here D. Completely filled out 'personal details' declaration and quarantine declaration, click here to download or from the הצהרה you fill out 24 prior to flying?

[gubevo18]

Correct. No apostile either.

Did you just go through the regular application process?

[awardflyer]

FWIW my Canadian father in-law applied last week via email to Toronto Consulate with his son's U.S. Passport, Student Visa and Israeli Driver License...and he received Ishur a few days later without any questions!!! Meanwhile I applied via email to NY consulate with my brothers documents (hes a permanent Residence) and they denied it as he never got an official Israeli ID Card! WTF

[th0306]

It doesn't make much of a difference. I would suggest any test that actually shows a number rather than just positive or negative. This is only for your own knowledge, you will need an Israeli test in order to exit quarantine.

Why would you suggest getting a test that shows numbers? What number would you consider safe?

[ExGingi]

Why would you suggest getting a test that shows numbers? What number would you consider safe?

Just my gut feeling to know how far away from the threshold you are.

HOWEVER, I was just asked by someone for advice. I told him that I can't give advice, I can only share my experiences and observations. He took two antibody tests in NY about 8 days apart.

On 4/13 he took a test that was sent to ACCU Reference Medical Lab in Linden NJ that showed the following results:
COVID-19 IgG ANTIBODY 5.6 (Reactive)
COVID-19 IgM SERUM 2.1 (Reactive)
(no test name on results printout)

On 4/21 he took a test that was sent to Empire City Laboratories (ECL) in Boro Park that showed the following results:
SARS-VoV-2 IGG QNT 11.3 (Negative) where reference is 0-15.0 for Negative.
Test performed Diasorin Liaison XL

To be on the safe side and exit quarantine in Israel he decided to take one dose on the Pfizer vaccine (though my guess is that he would show positive for antibodies in Israel even without it).

[Yef]

Correct. No apostile either.

Can you let us know if everything went smooth with this. I.e any problems in airport etc

[REB YID]

If I go to israel for a week, Do I need to take any kind of test when returning to the US ?