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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Population and Immigration Authority

Members of the Hebrew Israelite community protest against deportation orders, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 1, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 11:37 am
Hebrew Israelites celebrate green light for temporary residence, but fight continues
State tells 27 members of southern Israeli community they can apply for 2-year visas, amid legal battle to secure permanent residence for them and dozens more
By Sue Surkes
FILE: A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
April 26, 2025, 11:40 pm
Israel said to deport UNRWA employee who is married to an Israeli Jew
Report says the woman, who has three kids and lived in the country for 17 years, was questioned at airport about the UN agency and deported for ‘considerations of public security’
By ToI Staff
UK Labour MPs Yuan Yang (left) and Abtisam Mohamed. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 6, 2025, 6:51 am
Anti-Israel UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel after airport interrogations
Government says Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang planned to ‘document Israeli security forces and spread hateful rhetoric’; British FM Lammy calls deportation ‘unacceptable’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of newborn babies in an Israeli hospital nursery. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
December 31, 2024, 1:00 pm
Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names for 2024
Population and Immigration Authority releases annual roundup of monikers of choice for the past year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People take part in a rally against deportations of migrants, in Tel Aviv, August 13, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 14, 2024, 9:43 am
Migrant father of soldier serving in Gaza campaign said to face deportation
Ghana man arrived in Israel in 1991, married, and raised daughter who was given permanent status; immigrant wife granted citizenship; attorney vows to take case to Supreme Court
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class (res.) Cedrick Garin with his mother Imelda (right) and wife Daniela (left) in 2021. (IDF)
January 28, 2024, 11:12 pm
Parents of slain IDF soldier Cedrick Garin to be granted Israeli citizenship
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel delivers the news to Imelda, a temporary resident, and Rico, who was deported 20 years ago, during a bereavement visit to the family
By ToI Staff
Inbal Mashash, the director of the Population and Immigration Authority’s Foreign Workers Administration, addresses the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers on December 19, 2023. (Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
December 20, 2023, 8:58 am
Despite war, more than 12,000 foreign workers have arrived in Israel, lawmakers told
Government working to recruit thousands of additional workers to make up for post-October 7 labor shortage, Population and Immigration Authority says
By Sam Sokol and AFP
An Israeli couple marries in an online civil marriage ceremony under the auspices of Utah County in the US State of Utah. (Courtesy WedinSea)
March 7, 2023, 4:44 pm
Israel must recognize online marriages conducted via Utah, Supreme Court rules
Landmark ruling upholds decision allowing Israeli couples to wed in civil ceremony without leaving country, angering religious parties
By Jeremy Sharon
Tourists arriving at Ben Gurion Airport wait in long queues to clear passport control, February 13, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Ben Gurion passport control backed up as foreign travelers forced to wait 2 hours
Population and Immigration Authority bemoans shortfall of 250 employees; current workers blame recruitment problems on low salaries
By ToI Staff
David Ben Moshe holds his newly received immigrant visa in the Population Authority on January 12, 2023. (Courtesy/David Ben Moshe)
January 12, 2023, 4:30 pm
After five years of waiting, American convert finally granted Israeli citizenship
David Ben Moshe, born David Bonett, first applied for citizenship in 2018 and spent years fighting against the unyielding world of Israeli bureaucracy
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A traveler enters Israel through a new passport control terminal in Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel on May 20, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 3, 2023, 12:09 pm
New immigrants will need to prove they’ve settled in Israel before getting passports
Shas leader Deri instructs Population Authority to prepare for new rule aimed at dissuading people from obtaining citizenship only to promptly leave
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Gal Sade Knigsfild and Nofar Almakias pose for a picture with face masks before their wedding in Moshav Yashresh on April 6, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 4, 2022, 1:01 pm
Israel starts registering Utah ‘Zoom weddings,’ but fate of marriages still unclear
After initially flouting High Court ruling, Population Authority agrees to recognize marriages performed online by officiant in US; state has appealed against legality of practice
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Filipino workers, their children and activists take part in a protest against deportation in Tel Aviv, June 24, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 25, 2022, 9:52 pm
Israel orders deportation of autistic Filipino teen; Lapid urges review of decision
PMO says it will ask for an additional hearing after inter-ministerial body rejected 16-year-old’s request for residency, finding ‘no special humanitarian reasons’ to justify move
By ToI Staff
Oksana Kozmina and her daughter Liza Kozmina have been told to leave the country and return to Ukraine within 14 days after the Population and Immigration Authority decided they did not fulfill the criteria for a humanitarian exemption. (Courtesy, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2022, 2:25 pm
Israel gives mother, daughter 14 days to return to Russian-occupied Ukrainian city
Liza plays on national handball team; she and her mother, who’ve lived here for 10 years, face deportation to Kherson; Population Authority: They don’t qualify as humanitarian case
By Ash Obel
Congelese activists demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, calling on the government to disregard the newly elected Congelese president at the time, December 18, 2011. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 26, 2022, 12:29 pm
Despite safety concerns, ministries back deporting Congolese migrants — report
Foreign and Interior ministry assessments both find those returned to Democratic Republic of Congo could face deadly dangers; Interior Minister Shaked determined to proceed
By ToI Staff
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