Things To Do In Israel Master Thread

[B.D.Da'ehu]

Not sure which thread to post in...
Is there any reason for me to renew my tourist visa when the 3 months are up? Do they care if i stay an extra month or 2?

[moish]

Not sure which thread to post in...
Is there any reason for me to renew my tourist visa when the 3 months are up? Do they care if i stay an extra month or 2?

you will start paying tax on rental cars etc i believe, and they will likely yell at you when exiting ben gurion

[B.D.Da'ehu]

you will start paying tax on rental cars etc i believe, and they will likely yell at you when exiting ben gurion

Will they let me renew the tourist visa without a problem? Or will they make me get a student visa?

[ABC]

Will they let me renew the tourist visa without a problem? Or will they make me get a student visa?

How could you renew without leaving the country?

[sammy n]

Will they let me renew the tourist visa without a problem? Or will they make me get a student visa?

Just skip it. Not worth the hassle, worst think is some israeli will scream at you for not getting a visa. Big deal!

[B.D.Da'ehu]

How could you renew without leaving the country?

Good point. I can stop into egypt or jordan for an hour or two..

[moish]

Good point. I can stop into egypt or jordan for an hour or two..

that might only get you 1 month

[yochiek93]

How could you renew without leaving the country?

Go to misrad hapnim you can renew your tourist visa

[B.D.Da'ehu]

Go to misrad hapnim you can renew your tourist visa

You've done this?

[yochiek93]

You've done this?

No but I heard that people have done it (might not be worth the hassle of sitting in misrad hapnim a whole day)

[avadah]

Just skip it. They'll yell at you at customs to which you just reply you didn't know and that's it.

[yochiek93]

Just skip it. They'll yell at you at customs to which you just reply you didn't know and that's it.

Or they won't I left on an expired student visa they didn't say anything

[Abet rich]

Just skip it. They'll yell at you at customs to which you just reply you didn't know and that's it.

I left without getting a visa at all and they didn't say a word

[Live N Learn]

Just skip it. They'll yell at you at customs to which you just reply you didn't know and that's it.

If you use the self checkout machines, it will let you through most of the times.

[B.D.Da'ehu]

Did anyone ever get an extension of the tourist visa by going to the misrad hapnim? What if youre not a student and you want to spend more than 3 months in Israel?

[elya]

The lady told my wife that if she comes back without a student visa, they're not gonna let her back into the country! (Granted it was after I pissed her off a bit..)

[sammy n]

The lady told my wife that if she comes back without a student visa, they're not gonna let her back into the country! (Granted it was after I pissed her off a bit..)

And your scared of that?? Lol

[elya]

And your scared of that?? Lol

Lol My wife got scared, so we got her a visa at the Israeli consulate.

[efflpetzel]

The lady told my wife that if she comes back without a student visa, they're not gonna let her back into the country! (Granted it was after I pissed her off a bit..)

It's not a joke, I didn't make a visa for the first four years I was in israel, after many warnings that they'd refuse me re-entry I arrived back on a LY flight from Poland and the b***h at immigration threw a fit and sent me to the familiar room in the back at which point they informed me I was being sent back to Poland on the next flight.
Initially I thought it was a scare tactic, but they picked up my luggage and searched it, put me in a secure room, after two hours I saw they were going to deport me & i had enough, called a friend who called an MK & was immediately released,
I then made a visa asap.

The point is if you're gonna be in israel long enough it's not worth the hassle not to make a visa although I realize it can be a real pita dealing with the misrad hapnim

[B.D.Da'ehu]

It's not a joke, I didn't make a visa for the first four years I was in israel, after many warnings that they'd refuse me re-entry I arrived back on a LY flight from Poland and the b***h at immigration threw a fit and sent me to the familiar room in the back at which point they informed me I was being sent back to Poland on the next flight.
Initially I thought it was a scare tactic, but they picked up my luggage and searched it, put me in a secure room, after two hours I saw they were going to deport me & i had enough, called a friend who called an MK & was immediately released,
I then made a visa asap.

The point is if you're gonna be in israel long enough it's not worth the hassle not to make a visa although I realize it can be a real pita dealing with the misrad hapnim

Youre scaring me! What a pain...Btw can i pm you for youre friends #?lol