Head Office
Ministry of Interior
9 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd.,
Kiryat Ben-Gurion,
Jerusalem 9103001
Support
Phone: 972-2-5303111 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Phone: 972-2-5303358 (documents)
Phone: 972-2-5303155 (general support)
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About Israeli Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior in Israel is responsible for overseeing everything concerning visas, citizenship, identity cards and other immigration related matters. Formed in the year 1948, the Ministry’s various responsibilities include providing citizenship and permanent resident status; issuing entry visas; issuing Israeli passports; issuing Israeli identity cards; among others.
All visitors coming to Israel must obtain a visa. However, the country allows visitors from certain countries to enter without visas. Visa exemption is available for tourism purposes for residents of close to 100 countries. Popular in the list include citizens of the European Union, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan and United States.
Popular types of visas include immigration visa, A/2 Student Visa, B/1 Work Visa, B/2 Visitor’s Visa and official government visas. The A/2 Student Visa is valid for up to one year and for multiple entries. A B/2 visa is valid for up to three months from the date of issue. The application forms, fee details and the necessary documents needed are mentioned on the website. The same applies for new passport applications for residents. The form and details of processing fees are available online. Processing time for passports is two weeks.
For those applying for visas at local consular, you can get information of address and phone of Israeli missions abroad on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website or the link here. On a related note, an Israeli citizenship may be acquired by birth, the law of return, residence or naturalization. The formalities and other details are available on the website. The Minister of the Interior may exempt an applicant from some of these requirements.
Inspection of visas and passports are conducted at the various border crossing points. Some of the popular include the Rosh Hanikra crossing point, Quneitra crossing point, Greater Haifa Port, Haifa Airport, Hadera Port, Jordan River crossing point, Allenby Bridge crossing point, Ben Gurion Airport, Rabin (Arava) crossing point, Eilat Port, Taba border crossing point and Ovda Airport.
If looking for consular forms, you can find applications for a new passport, passport extension, declaration of loss, application of name change and application for Israeli citizenship on the Forms section of the website. The forms section also have police clearance certificate, certificate of good character and visa applications. For more information or queries on applications, visa status, passports, reach the Israeli Ministry of the Interior support.
