New instructions for foreigners wishing to travel to Israel from April 7, 2021.

 

Chapter A: Vaccinated and / or infected foreign travelers

 

These people will only be able to apply for entry into Israel if they meet the following two conditions:

- The traveler is vaccinated with COVID-19 and has a first degree family member (parents, children, siblings) (first degree) living in Israel.

- He was previously infected with Covid-19 and he is traveling to visit a member of his family in the first degree (parents, children, brothers and sisters). Grandparents and grandchildren are not considered first degree parents.

In addition, travelers who will receive an entry permit must bring the following documents to travel:

- A negative PCR test dating less than 72 hours before takeoff (for all and at any age).

- Medical insurance mentioning coverage for the traveler in Israel, including and specifically in the event of COVID-19.

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In addition, it should be noted that foreign travelers with an entry permit will be subject to the obligation to comply with confinement for fourteen days upon their arrival in Israel. They must accept the wearing of an electronic bracelet until their status as vaccinated and / or convalescent is recognized and they receive the authorization to lift confinement.

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1) Travelers must present a document certifying that they have been vaccinated (two doses) or that they have been contaminated (two PCR tests - positive and negative). You must send us documents from a medical analysis laboratory, and not from your attending physician.

2) Any foreigner wishing to return to Israel must produce a health certificate by visiting the website of the Ministry of Health at the address:

https://govforms.gov.il/mw/forms/Quarantine%40health.gov.il (the site is in English and Hebrew).

3) Travel authorization requests should be made to the following address: bidud@paris.mfa.gov.il (you must not make a request more than 14 days before the date of your departure , and are requested to do not buy your plane ticket before receiving a response to your email). We will do our best to respond to you within seven working days of receiving your email.

4) Anyone who does not respect the confinement ("bidud") will subsequently be refused permission to travel to Israel.

5) Since children are not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination, only those who have already been infected with the virus and who have recovered from it will be able to travel to Israel.

6) In order to shorten the period of isolation, a vaccinated or cured person should perform a serological test in Israel in an analysis laboratory approved by the Israeli Ministry of Health Lists of laboratories.pdf and wear the electronic bracelet during the period isolation.

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7) After obtaining the results, the traveler must contact the Ministry of Health to obtain the release from containment authorization form. Without obtaining this document, it is forbidden to leave the confinement.

 

General instructions for sending an application to enter Israel

 

The application and the required documents must be legible and sent in PDF format in a single email. Requests sent in multiple emails will not be processed. Please do not provide us with illegible documents (photographed with a phone or poorly photocopied).

Please do not send us any document that is not in the list of required documents.

In the body of the email, indicate: name (s), first name (s), passport numbers of each person wishing to travel, as well as the purpose of the stay.

 

List of documents required for people vaccinated or cured of COVID-19

This list is for people who have close family (first degree) living in Israel.

- Special form (this form must be completed and signed by the applicant),

- A photocopy of your passport,

- A photocopy of the VISA (if existing),

- A photocopy of the COVID-19 medical insurance (without this document, your request will be rejected),

- Vaccination certificate indicating: the dates of the two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or two PCR tests (from a medical analysis laboratory) positive and negative, proving that you have been cured of COVID-19. Serological tests or a letter from your attending physician will not be taken into account,

- A photocopy of the Israeli identity document or passport of one of your relatives (first degree family) living in Israel,

- A photocopy of the family record book, a marriage certificate or an apostilled birth certificate, proving the family link between the applicant and the Israeli citizen,

- For the applicant's spouse: a photocopy of the spouse's passport, complete the special form, photocopy of the apostilled marriage certificate, and proof of COVID-19 vaccination (or both positive and negative PCR certificates , proving the healing of the spouse),

- For the applicant's child: a photocopy of the child's passport, complete the special form, photocopy of the birth certificate of the apostilled child as well as proof of recovery from COVID-19.

 

Chapter B: Foreign travelers who are not vaccinated or who are not cured of COVID-19 will be able to apply for entry into Israel only under the following conditions:

 

- If you are the spouse of an Israeli citizen or a permanent resident,

- Child of an Israeli citizen whose Israeli nationality is not given by one of his parents,

- Parents of future married couples who live in Israel,

- A foreign parent who wishes to visit his child in the context of shared custody,

- Funeral: the bereaved of the immediate family (first degree) of the deceased (for a stay of 24 hours),

- Parents, brothers and sisters of single soldiers,

- A3 VISA holders,

- Students (excluding Yeshivot or participants in MASSA / Naale programs).

For all of the above cases, travelers will need to self-isolate for fourteen days, according to Department of Health procedures.

 

General instructions for sending an application for entry into Israel:

The application and the required documents must be legible and sent in PDF format in a single email. Requests sent in multiple emails will not be processed. Please do not provide us with illegible documents (taken by telephone or poorly photocopied). Please do not send us any document that is not in the list of required documents.

In the body of the email, indicate: name (s), first name (s), passport numbers of each person wishing to travel, as well as the purpose of the stay.