Image: Danny Shem-Tov, Knesset Spokesperson Office New Immigration Bill Could Impact International Couples in Israel Last Wednesday, the Knesset approved in a preliminary reading the proposed Basic Law: Entry, Immigration, and Status in Israel. This controversial legislation, included in coalition…
AIC Submits Formal Request to the Foreign Workers Committee for Additional Discussion on Identification Numbers for Foreign Citizens For the past two years, the Israeli Association for International Couples (AIC) has actively advocated for a fair and practical solution regarding…
We did it! AIC is extremely proud to announce that PIBA has accepted our arguments, and officially confirmed that partners of Israelis who are permanent residents will be exempt from the new requirement mandating a one-year wait period before eligibility…
On December 1, 2024, the Population and Immigration Authority introduced an amendment to Protocol 4.4.0001 – “Procedure for processing a naturalization application according to sections 5,6,8 of the law”, which applies to naturalization applications of permanent residents, including international couples…
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…
