We are currently working in collaboration with journalist Nesli Barda and her team, on brining the story of an international couple to her new documentary primetime TV show, “Love Bigger Than Life”. Check out this short snippet from one of…
In the last few weeks, we got a couple of reports about remarks made by PIBA clerks regarding the “validity” of the time periods in which partner visas were automatically extended – in the count towards the completion of the…
The Israeli Association for International Couples is recruiting volunteers for key management positions! We are looking for both Israelis and foreigners, preferably those who are part of the international couples community and are going through the gradual process, or completed…
This last Sunday, founder Adv. Lior Beres was invited to a closed forum arranged by Pnima – a nonprofit organization dealing with promotion of policies and solution for controversial topics in the Israeli soceity – discussing their initiative to create…
Now that we had some time to relax over the weekend, we want to thank all the participants in the opening event of our association, and summarize a historic event for the international couples community in Israel! We were happy…
This afternoon, August 9th 2022, PIBA released a notification via SMS to some visa holders, saying that their visa has been extended, and specifying the new expiry date. This is the second time in 5 months that PIBA is automatically…
This last Monday (August 1st 2022) we met with representatives of the Israeli National Insurance (Bituach Leumi or BL), in regards to recent complaints that have surfaced about the registration process of new residents to their public health services, in…
Following several supreme court petitions on the subject, a first court ruling was issued at the end of last week in an appeal of a private case. The Israeli central district court decided: “Zoom weddings” (or Utah weddings) to be…
For the first time in a long time, the gradual process and the community of international couples in Israel are getting significant public stage at the Knesset. After it became clear that the Population & Immigration Authority does not want…
MK Evgeny Sova (Yisrael Beytenu) shares a post on his official Facebook page about our recent shared effort of submitting a request for urgent discussion on the topic of the opening of the gradual process (you can read more about…
Victory! Following our voiced objections two weeks ago, the Knesset Interior Committee changes the wording of the amendment, so the vast majority of visa holders are exempted from the new pre-flight procedure that could result in boarding denials. Yesterday the…
A discussion was held in the Interior Committee this morning about a suggested amendment to the The Entry to Israel Law (חוק הכניסה לישראל, תשי”ב-1952). Adv. Lior Beres voiced the interest of the International Couples community in the discussion. Here’s…
