Two days ago (12th May 2023) at 17:00 PIBA started sending out the SMS notifications about visa extensions. As usual, the messages state the updated expiry date of an existing visa, and vaguely says “there’s no need to go to…
As you may have seen on all our other platforms (Facebook, Instagram and our Facebook Community), last Thursday evening AIC has launched a protest campaign against the imminent shutdown of the 4 biggest visa departments in Israel. If you still…
In the last two weeks, representatives of The Israeli Association for International Couples have been meeting with various Israeli parliament members in order to jump-start parliamentary activity in this new Knesset. In the meetings, we introduce new parliament members to…
As you for sure have heard, Benjamin Netanyahu notified the president on December 26th that he succeeded in forming a government. The new government was voted in at the Knesset this afternoon, December 29th. The new government, consists of 6…
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…
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…
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…
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…
