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Adv. Lior Beres
2024: Big Updates to Partner Visa Procedures 5.2.0008 + 5.2.0009
2024 started off on a positive note when it comes to the partner visa bureaucracy. PIBA procedures 5.2.0008 “The procedure for granting status to a foreign spouse married to an…
Bituach Leumi Qualification After Expiry of Visa
Visa holders living in Israel often face great uncertainty around their rights in case of losing their visa or having a visa-gap. The concerns intensify when dealing with residency visas…
A Drafted Reservist’s Testimony to the Knesset: “The Fight For Home Is Not Only in the Tank, I Fight It Every Day, Every Hour”
Today, representatives of the Israeli Association for International Couples participated in a discussion in the Knesset’s Immigration and Absorption Committee on the handling of visa applications submitted to PIBA between…
Health Insurance in Israel for B1 Visa Holders
Living in Israel with a B1 partner visa comes with unique challenges, and one crucial aspect is obtaining health insurance. B1 partner visa holders (like any B visa holder) are…
Official: Utah “Zoom Marriages” Fully Recognized for Spouse Visa Procedures
Following the publication on our Facebook Page last week, about a recent legal development on the subject of Utah proxy marriages, we can now confirm that Utah “Zoom weddings” (conducted…
Future Mother on A5? Enough With Security Deposits at the Hospital!
If you are an A5 visa holder who is about to give birth in Israel (or your partner is), you probably heard about the standard procedure of having to make…
Supreme Judge Yechiel Kasher: “The petition is theoretical. The potential damage of the outline is limited”.
AIC regrets to inform the community of international couples in Israel that our petition against the “Passport Marathon” outline, its implementation and its destructive outcomes – has been dismissed in…
Read the Petition: AIC v. The Minister of Interior
On May 1st, the Minister of Interior and the Population Authority have published the “Passport Marathon” outline. From those publications we learned that PIBA’s intention was to shut down visa…