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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

visa issues

Jewish pilgrims arrive in Uman, Ukraine ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 14, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 23, 2024, 4:58 pm
Moldova, Ukraine warn new Israeli travel rules threaten visa-free regimes
New requirement for visitors to obtain a so-called Electronic Travel Authorization could prompt Chisinau, Kyiv to implement ‘reciprocal decisions,’ say ambassadors
By Sam Sokol
Shayna Smilovitz, baby Roni and her parents upon meeting their granddaughter for the first time in April 2021, after grappling with Israel's complicated entry rules during the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy Shayna Smilovitz)
April 23, 2021, 3:32 am
Want to visit your Israeli grandchildren after a year of separation? Get in line
First-degree family members, new grandparents and Israeli residents with visas try to navigate the labyrinthine regulations of entering Israel during the pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
Annabelle Amery, left, with her fiance, Sergey Yanchenko. The two are waiting for Amery's vaccinated parents and sisters to be able to travel to Israel for their wedding (Courtesy Annabelle Amery)
April 5, 2021, 11:33 pm
With parents locked out of country, fuming immigrants plan Knesset protest
Numerous English-speakers who moved to Israel are finding their families are being barred from visiting for weddings, births, surgeries and more, with no rhyme or reason
By Jessica Steinberg
An El Al airliner carrying Israeli and US delegations to Abu Dhabi for talks takes off from Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
November 23, 2020, 8:25 pm
UAE to open to Israelis in coming weeks, before visa-waiver deal takes effect
As mutual program will take at least 30 days to begin, Foreign Ministry says Emiratis will allow airlines to grant permits electronically; El Al announces flights from December 13
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Etihad Airways plane lands at at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on October 20, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
November 22, 2020, 5:05 pm
Israel ratifies visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with Arab state
Netanyahu hails agreement as boost for reciprocal tourism; misleadingly says Sudan abstained on anti-Israel UN resolution when instead it was absent from vote on Israeli resolution
By Raphael Ahren
El Al's airliner, carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE, landing on the tarmac at the Abu Dhabi airport, August 31, 2020. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)
November 1, 2020, 5:43 pm
UAE ratifies mutual visa exemption agreement with Israel
Deal for visa-free travel receives final okay from Abu Dhabi’s cabinet; Israeli ministers must now do same for it to go into effect
By ToI Staff
Emirati official Omar Saif Ghobash (R) handing a letter to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi at a ceremony in Israel on October 20, 2020. (Foreign Ministry)
October 20, 2020, 4:56 pm
UAE asks Israel to move quickly on establishing mutual embassies
Jerusalem says Emirati foreign minister sent official request to establish mission in Tel Aviv as soon as possible, is hoping Israel does the same in Abu Dhabi
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
PM Netanyahu, left, greets US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer ahead of a ceremony during which Israel and the UAE signed four bilateral agreements at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, October 20, 2020 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 20, 2020, 1:36 pm
Senior UAE delegation comes to Israel; Netanyahu: ‘Today we are making history’
Israeli and Emirati officials sign visa exemption agreement and announce, together with the US, a $3 billion regional development fund
By Raphael Ahren
The crew of an Etihad Airlines flight wave Israeli flags after landing at Ben Gurion Airport, October 19, 2020 (Sivan Farag)
October 20, 2020, 1:14 am
Israel to sign visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with an Arab state
Netanyahu, Ashkenazi set to welcome first senior Emirati delegation to Israel, headed by country’s finance and economy ministers; sides will sign several bilateral agreements
By Raphael Ahren
Passengers stand at the Jet Airways counter at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India on April 18, 2019. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)
March 11, 2020, 11:22 pm
India suspends tourist visas over coronavirus
Decision will remain in force until April 15, but exceptions will be made for diplomats, international organizations, foreign workers; quarantine required for all arrivals
By AFP
Meital Stavinsky
April 28, 2019, 11:03 am
Meital Stavinsky
What Israeli entrepreneurs need to know about the new E-2 Visa
The US Embassy in Israel has recently made the long-awaited announcement that Israeli nationals will be able to apply for an E-2 visa beginning May 1; this is great news
African asylum seekers wait outside the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority office waiting to find out their status, in Bnei Brak, Israel, February 13, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 27, 2018, 4:17 pm
In religious Bnei Brak, Haredim show compassion for African asylum seekers
As thousands wait hours outside immigration office in the hot sun, concerned Orthodox residents step up to organize shade, paint over anti-African graffiti
By Melanie Lidman
Israeli Staff serve pita and hummus to campers on Israel Day at Camp Tevya in Brookline, New Hampshire. (Amy Blotner/Camp Tevya)
September 2, 2017, 4:48 am
Executive order may keep Israeli counselors from Jewish US summer camps
Annual cultural exchange, along with summer staffing quotas, jeopardized by Trump’s proposed sharp reduction of J-1 visas
By Cathryn J. Prince
A Filipino caretaker at a promenade in Tel Aviv. (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
From the WebMay 3, 2017, 2:26 pm
Israel’s invisible Filipino work force
Nearly half of all caregivers in Israel come from the Philippines. They are now an integral part of many Israeli families, the NY Times reports
Daniel Vulkan
March 15, 2017, 1:55 pm
Daniel Vulkan
BDS and my summer vacation
The new amendment to Israel’s entry law means he might be turned away at Ben Gurion, and it’s just not worth the risk
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