PIBA Resumes Partner Visa Services with Major System Upgrades After a week-long shutdown to implement a system upgrade, the Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA) has now resumed all partner visa services. The main change for the end-users, is a redesigned…
What is better than the Israeli beach in the summer? An AIC summer party at the beach!After seeing you all in the past AIC events, we couldn’t wait too long to bring our community back together. On July 27th, we…
Over the past few months, the Israeli Parliament and PIBA have completed preparations for a new biometrics law concerning foreign nationals. AIC has actively participated in numerous discussions and has monitored the legislation closely for more than a year. Our…
After last year’s success, on Saturday April 13th, we brought back AIC’s International Picnic for its second edition! Under the spring sun, 100+ international couples and their families gathered in Tel Aviv for an extraordinary community potluck picnic. We were…
This February, PIBA announced the upcoming implementation of an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) system, that will be used to process entry requests of tourists from visa-exempt countries. Under the new system, visa-exempt tourists will no longer be allowed to “just…
After months of eager enquiries about when our next event would be, we couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to celebrate February – the Month of Love! On the evening of the 22nd of February, more than 80 people, all…
The 2024 Israeli municipal elections are just around the corner, and will take place on February 27th, 2024. Before dismissing the idea of elections, thinking that you or your partner have no right to vote in Israel and would rather…
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 Israeli citizen” and 5.2.0009 “The procedure for granting status to…
Guest Article by the Tomer Warsha Law Firm (website | Facebook) Until recently, Israeli border inspectors had the practice of inspecting the mobile phones of incoming tourists, including accessing their photos, correspondence, and personal content. However, a significant district court…
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 2021-2023. The committee hearing was convened with less than 24…
AIC wishes safety and security to all international couples in Israel, their families and their loved ones. This October 7th, Hamas initiated a deadly attack on Israel, launching thousands of rockets into the country, infiltrating Israeli territory and murdering over…
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 via video conferencing) have the same value as in-person weddings…
