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…
Following our March announcement, the ETA-IL system is currently operative as a pilot. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply for the electronic travel authorization, along with important details about the pilot phases and the full launch…
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…
If your Israeli partner visa (B1 or A5) is about to expire and you still don’t have a scheduled renewal appointment, it means you are already late! We recommend carefully reading and learning the information in this article as soon…
Getting Israeli citizenship is the FINAL stage of the gradual partner visa process. If you’re here, it means that you and your partner have already been living in Israel for years, with a partner visa, and you’ve reached the final…
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 departments in the 4 biggest bureaus in Israel for a…
Following the closure of PIBA visa departments in several cities and automatic visa extension, AIC has collected dozens of testimonies about the activity of visa departments around Israel over the last week. Here is what we know so far. Please…
Last Thursday, May 18th, The Israeli Association for International Couples, in collaboration with the Jerusalem Institution for Justice, have submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court. The petition challenges the current policy of the Minister of Interior and his…
Following our protest campaign against the imminent shutdown of the 4 biggest visa departments in Israel, and due to the exhaustion of all other protest means, the Israeli Association for International Couples is escalating the protest campaign and announces a…
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…
One of the most common questions international couples in the partner visa process ask is “How do I book an appointment with the visa department at Misrad Hapnim (PIBA)?” And the answer is not always straightforward. This article will list…
As you probably know, a shared interview is one of the main (and some would say, scary) steps on the way to a partner visa in Israel. Such an interview is a tool in the hands of PIBA to “test”…
