Work Visa for Foreign experts
According to the Israeli Immigration policy and impractically the Entry into Israel Law, The employment of a foreign expert in Israel requires preliminary issuance of a work permit as well as a corresponding work visa. The procedure is considered a relatively-lengthy bureaucratic.
The process which involves several steps may take up to three-months’ period. Accordingly, it is recommended to pre-plan the immigration procedures as soon as possible.
The Work Permit & Work Visa process include the following steps:
- Submitting a work permit application to the Permits Unit at the Population and Immigration Authorities. The work permit application will be carefully examined by a committee which will determine whether the company and the experts met the threshold required for employment in Israel as a foreign expert.
- Submission of an Entrance-to-Israel work visa application at the relevant Israeli Ministry of Interior and sending the confirmation cable to the relevant Israeli consulate abroad.
- Obtaining the work visa at the Israeli consulate abroad.
- Extending the work visa for the requested time period at the airport, when the foreign expert enters Israel, and submitting the request for a multiple-entry visa to the relevant Ministry of Interior.
These procedures refer to a regulated, standard process; however, its phases may become shorter or longer based on certain policies. A request for additional documents, reports or certain information by the authorities is possible at any given time.
Furthermore, the majority of these procedures necessitate a payment of Government fees as permit fees and visa fees.
You may find the specified amounts in the below link –
https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/fees_update_foreign_workers_2018/he/foreignworkers_fees_230118.pdf
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