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First Steps After Making Aliyah - October 18th 2026
First Steps After Making Aliyah - October 18th 2026
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mute. Okay.
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I don't know what this is.
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Okay. I don't know what this is. All I
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know is I always have problems.
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Don't go far till get started because
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you're my technical assistant here. I
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always have problems. So
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Everybody, welcome. My name is Yatrina
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from Neesh Benef. We're going to get
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started in a couple minutes. Uh, it's
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now 2 o'clock, but we will just give
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another couple minutes for anybody who's
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uh running a little late. It is not
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mandatory to show yourself, of course,
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but why not? Especially nice to see new
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after they arrive. Put a face to her
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name.
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Hope everybody's doing all right. I
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guess this was your last your first
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Shabbat in Israel for most of you, which
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is amazing. That's very exciting. I hope
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it was a nice one. Good weekend.
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I live in Jerusalem and the weather
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actually turned pretty chilly um in the
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last three or four days. I mean, I was
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away for a week, so I'm not sure how
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fast, but um over the weekend it got
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significantly colder, but um
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I think that in the coast it's still
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pretty warm, so hopefully it is. Enjoy
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that.
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>> All right, we're going to really one
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more minute and we're going to start.
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If anybody has a postal guide that they
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may have gotten at the airport, open it
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or from the welcome bag, you should
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we're going to go through that. Um, and
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if you did not get a hard copy, then you
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should have a digital a link in the
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email, the invite to this um that you
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can open up and see. And pretty much
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that's what we're going to go through
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today. Okay.
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All right,
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let's get started. Um,
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again, welcome to everybody. My name is
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Yitmeer from Nephesh Benesh's government
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advocacy department. I am joined by my
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colleague Daniel Gold. Um, and today
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what we're going to do in the next hour,
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hopefully I'll be able to keep it to an
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hour. I tend to speak a lot, but I will
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try. Um, in the next [clears throat]
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hour, hour in a little bit, we're going
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to go over your first steps after
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aliyah. Um, like I said, through based
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on this guide, and I'll share my screen
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that'll have the guide as well. And
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really just trying to help you guys get
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started on the right foot and make sure
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that everything you need to know, you
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know. Um
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there are there's a chat group and
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Daniel will be sharing information and
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some links in the chat. If you do have
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any questions, you can put it there. Uh
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we will leave some time for uh questions
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and answers obviously and of course if
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there's something that you feel is is a
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question that may be only relevant for
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yourself and not for everybody else on
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the screen, please do keep that in mind
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and obviously we'll be happy to answer
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and address anything. just perhaps we'll
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do it at the end or in a private matter
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so that to not include everybody um in
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that. Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and
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share my screen.
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Um actually one last thing before I do
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that and Daniel already shared um I
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mentioned that Daniel and I are part of
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the government advocacy department also
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called um the answers team. So we are
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your go-to for any postalia questions
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and inquiries or things that you're just
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not just not sure how to deal with. Um
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we are a team of about 10 people. In the
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past in the pre-aliyah world you had an
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a specific aliyah advisor. Here there's
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not an individual or part of a team. Um
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some of us work with certain government
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offices and others with others. But as a
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whole we'll be able to tackle almost any
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issue that's thrown at us and and
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hopefully we'll be able to to help you
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with anything that you need. Okay. So
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now I'm going to share my screen and
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we're going to start this guide.
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Okay.
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Hope you can see it.
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Thumbs up from one person maybe just
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that you see my screen.
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>> We can see it.
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>> All right. Thank you.
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All right. So, you've just met Elliot.
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What's next? We're going to go through
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this. It start the guide starts with a
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glossery um that I'll let you look at at
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your own time. But some of the words
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that I may say today or you may
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encounter in the next uh couple weeks,
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months um as you get started here in the
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bureaucracy of Israel and and
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immigrating to the new country, these
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are some of the words that you may have
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heard already or that may come up.
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The absorption basket money. Uh for
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instance, an ATM is in Hebrew called a
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kaspat. That's where one would um
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withdraw money obviously. And you'll see
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there's other other um Hebrew words that
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are transliterated and translated here
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for your um convenience. [clears throat]
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All right, so we're going to start with
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the first things after aliyah, the first
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six steps after aliyah. But before we do
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that, let's run through the things you
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should have gotten in the airport.
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Again, there are times where there are
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differences between what people get.
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Primarily the main difference is that if
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you had Israeli background
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prior to your aliyah while you're still
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in Ole and still entitled to aliyah
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benefits there sometimes are are
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differences between the paperwork that
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you get in the airport and and sometimes
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with your first steps. So if something
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here is not relevant for you I'll try
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and touch on everything but if it's
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still not clear then obviously please do
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ask. Um so at the in the airport you met
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essentially with the staff of the
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ministry of aliyah and integration and
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they processed you as far as they're
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concerned and their office is concerned
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and then following that most people
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anybody who did not have an Israeli
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background before received also a
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temporary tudad zoot also given by the
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same people but essentially that's given
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from a different ministry from the
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population and immigration authority of
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the ministry of interior that's who
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manages the tudah the IDs and passports
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and similar such things. So
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you should have received a t which is
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like it looks like a passport. It's a
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blue booklet. Um anybody with Israeli
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background may have received a zak. It's
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the same thing but in green. That's
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basically your proof your your your
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document your something that you can
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show that you're entitled to aliyah
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benefits. Um a small piece of paper that
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would have indicated which healthc care
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provider you chose. you were to have
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given your prealia advisor this
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information prior to booking a flight
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usually though I assume everybody got
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that that states that you're covered for
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health care from the point of landing in
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the airport. We'll elaborate more about
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healthcare soon but um that is one of
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the pieces of paper that you should have
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gotten with the name of the katim that
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you chose on it.
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Um, you should have received an envelope
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with a prepaid credit card or debit card
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uh with another envelope attached to it
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that had the four-digit code. That is
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the first half of the first payment of
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the absorption basket money given to you
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by the Madakita
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and is now given in the form of a card
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instead of cash. So, as can be expected,
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there can be some technical issues with
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that. Generally speaking,
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[clears throat] there are not. Um the
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fourdigit code is for withdrawing money
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from the ATM or for using it when you
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tap or scan and you have to put in a
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code. So you should definitely uh make
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sure to hold on to that and whatever you
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do memorize it, save it, however you
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want to go forward with that. Um and
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there should have been a piece of paper
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that said note of future bank account
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that basically is for you to bring to
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your bank that has blank spaces for them
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to fill in your bank account
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information.
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um that piece of paper, it doesn't have
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to be that specific one that you give to
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Makita down the road, but they tried to
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make it easy for you and provide you
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with a piece of paper that um that you
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can just give to the bank and fill out.
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Okay. Um that's what you should have
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gotten in the airport. If you did not
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get those things and you're not Israeli
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and therefore did not get a turad and
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something is unclear, then please let's
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address that right now so we get it out
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of the way before we move forward.
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Anybody in that category?
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Amazing. That's good. We're off to a
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good start, guys. All right. Step number
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one, biometric 2.z.
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That is the long-term
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um 10-year usually Israeli ID. Again, if
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you got a temporary one in the airport,
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it was in a uh you know, it's a
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laminated card that's a little bit
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larger than what a typical credit card
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or um you know, Ravka, whatever. Typic
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size that has an expiration date on it.
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You'll see at the bottom it says that
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it's good for 90 days which gives you
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more than enough time to go ahead and
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make this appointment for your biometric
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to it's biometric because you're giving
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your fingerprint and leaving your
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picture. Um all appointments for this
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office the same one I mentioned earlier
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the population immigration authority
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this is their logo right here uh for
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that office and other government offices
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not all but most of them you make an
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appointment at this website go
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visit.gov.il
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As you can see after the first
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backslash, it says en for English. This
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website can be um operated and viewed
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and everything in English. So go on to
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it and look, follow the instructions,
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the prompts and stuff like that.
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Essentially, you're applying for a toad
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zoot your first two. Even though you
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have one from the airport, that's okay.
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It's still called your first time to
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Razeroot. And [clears throat] you want
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to make an appointment at a branch that
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is relatively close to where you live.
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Um there are times often when there are
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not available appointments or a few
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days, sometimes a week or two. And
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again, first of all, you have 90 days.
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You all just came last week, so you have
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adequate time to to play around on the
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website a little bit. Generally
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speaking, the appointments become
[12:18]
available whenever the branch manager
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sits in front of the computer and makes
[12:21]
the future appointments available. Some
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of them do that early in the morning. So
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if you're in a bigger city like
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Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, they often do
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that at 7:30, 8:00 in the morning before
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the day starts. Other branches do it
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periodically throughout the day. So
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there's no real great time to check. The
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best time to check that website is the
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earlier hours of the morning. Let's say
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from 7:30 to 9. After that, you can
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continue to check and based on certain,
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like I said, certain locations will make
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more appointments available. But if you
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see nothing at, you know, 12:00 in the
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afternoon, you see nothing for the next
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few weeks. That's not crazy. It's just
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because there whatever was made
[13:00]
available was taken and, you know, we
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have to kind of wait for the next um set
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of available appointments to come in. On
[13:06]
this website, you can only have one
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appointment at a time per 2.0 number.
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Just an FYI. Um, but it is okay to go to
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a branch that's slightly further away
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from your home. If you have any
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questions about whether or not it's a
[13:19]
good branch to go to, feel free to ask
[13:21]
us before you book. I'll give you a few
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tips right now about branches that you
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can write down for yourself if you want.
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We do not recommend going to the um to
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any of the branches in Arab towns or
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cities obviously even though they are
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servicing Israeli citizens. Just better
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not to go there. There's plenty of other
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places to go to. Um, additionally, the
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branch in Herzelia for obvious different
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reasons just seems to not be great with
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dealing with olim. So even if you live
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in Herzilia, you may want to consider a
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different branch in the area and there's
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plenty
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fatiga. Um, so there are options.
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Um, this is like we said a biometric to
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that zoot appointment. So you'll be
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bring you'll be leaving your fingerprint
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and a picture. You should and generally
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speaking, this guide itemizes each step
[14:11]
as you see here, what you need for that
[14:13]
appointment and what you should expect
[14:16]
to get at the appointment. So definitely
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definitely look at this guide. Sometimes
[14:20]
people bring it with them. Uh that's up
[14:22]
to you, but definitely use it as a
[14:24]
source of information so you prepare
[14:26]
properly for these appointments. Um even
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though you presented your documents
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already in the airport and you showed
[14:32]
them and they were you know everything
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was uh photocopied and left behind uh
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with the staff of the ministry of aliyah
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we strongly suggest that you bring
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everything with you again the birth
[14:43]
certificates all civil documents and
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apostles steals the FBI background check
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the Jewish the rabbis letter everything
[14:49]
you have your foreign passport and your
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temporary twoz that you got in the
[14:55]
airport obviously additionally there
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should two pieces of paper that you got
[14:59]
that have this logo on it that you
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should have gotten in the airport. I'm
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sorry I didn't mention that earlier when
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we went through the stuff about the
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airport, but those pieces of paper
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should be brought with you as well. If
[15:10]
you can make copies or if you have
[15:12]
copies of everything, great. Bring them
[15:14]
with you also. Um, and hopefully they
[15:16]
won't ask you for anything because they
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have seen it and reviewed enough
[15:20]
information already that it should be
[15:21]
enough. But prepare yourself that
[15:23]
because this is these are the actual
[15:25]
clerks of the population immigration
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authority and not the ministry of
[15:28]
aliyah. They can say, "Oh, well, we
[15:31]
would like to see it again, please." So,
[15:34]
again, follow the guide, bring things
[15:36]
with you and um expect to walk out with
[15:40]
your um with your biometric.
[15:44]
Okay. Um any questions about that,
[15:46]
Daniel? Are there any questions about
[15:48]
that? Uh questions are coming in on the
[15:50]
chat but nothing specifically to I mean
[15:54]
one person shared that they were sent an
[15:56]
email about an appointment in Modí. Your
[15:58]
biometric uh 2.z appointment is not
[16:00]
something that would have been set for
[16:02]
you otherwise. So uh this is something
[16:04]
that as was explaining you need to set
[16:06]
up the appointment for it. It's not
[16:08]
going to be set up for you. And it is uh
[16:10]
sorry if I if you mentioned this before
[16:12]
it's an individual appointment per
[16:14]
person uh not a family appointment. So,
[16:16]
so each person requiring a two needs
[16:18]
their own individual appointment.
[16:21]
>> Awesome. Thank you, Daniel.
[16:24]
All right, we're going to move on to
[16:26]
step number two, unless there are any
[16:27]
other questions. Like we said, if there
[16:28]
are things coming up, put them in the
[16:30]
chat. If Daniel thinks that they need to
[16:32]
be addressed further, we will address
[16:33]
them. Um, otherwise, we will go continue
[16:37]
on to step number two. So, step number
[16:40]
two is opening up a bank account. Now
[16:42]
there's obvious reasons why we need bank
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accounts you know just for functioning
[16:47]
accessing money getting paid and so on
[16:49]
and so forth. Uh the reason why it's
[16:51]
step number two in the guide is for
[16:53]
those matters as well, but also in order
[16:56]
to be able to give the Ministry of Alan
[16:58]
integration your bank account
[17:00]
information uh as soon as possible
[17:02]
either before your next meeting with
[17:04]
them or at your next meeting. Even if
[17:06]
you don't give it to them at either of
[17:08]
those times that I said and just at a
[17:09]
later date because you had issues
[17:11]
opening your bank or you left the
[17:12]
country, whatever it is, it's all okay.
[17:14]
It's okay to give it to them in a little
[17:16]
while. just the sooner you get it, the
[17:18]
sooner they can start to um transfer the
[17:22]
the the rest of that first payment of
[17:24]
the absorption basket money and for you
[17:26]
to be squared away for the future
[17:28]
payments um for the following months.
[17:30]
Okay. Um
[17:36]
when you go and open up your bank
[17:38]
account,
[17:40]
you want to bring your two. Zahoot with
[17:42]
you obviously. Okay. If you are able to
[17:45]
go ahead and open up this bank account
[17:48]
before you issue, not get, but before
[17:51]
you issue the biometric tat, great. Use
[17:55]
the temporary toadu you have. That's
[17:57]
fine. Bring whatever else it says here,
[17:59]
the tudato, the toad, whatever it is
[18:01]
that you got in the airport, your
[18:02]
foreign passport, the piece of paper
[18:04]
from the airport, um, about the bank
[18:06]
account. Bring all that and go go and
[18:10]
open up a bank account. Most banks in
[18:12]
Israel require an appointment for
[18:14]
everything and anything. Um, so you do
[18:16]
want to look online about making a an an
[18:19]
appointment first if you are unable to
[18:21]
find information or unable to do it
[18:23]
online. Another suggestion is to go in
[18:26]
the earlier hours of the day to the bank
[18:28]
nearest you, the one you've been eyeing
[18:30]
and planning to use as your bank, and
[18:33]
say to them, I'm not here to do
[18:34]
anything, you know, or or you can
[18:36]
definitely try and get the in to have an
[18:37]
appointment, but at the very worst, say
[18:39]
to them, can you please help just make
[18:41]
an appointment for me for tomorrow for
[18:43]
next whenever the next available
[18:44]
appointment is for opening up a bank
[18:46]
account. Um,
[18:50]
how to choose? Okay, so first of all,
[18:51]
let me finish the thought that I had
[18:53]
there about the turadu. The reason why I
[18:55]
mentioned that if you have not issued
[18:56]
your biometric turadu yet, you should go
[18:58]
ahead and proceed with this bank account
[19:00]
step before you actually issue the
[19:03]
turadu. You can make the appointment but
[19:04]
try and go to the bank before you
[19:06]
actually go to the mism appointment. And
[19:08]
that is because once you issue the
[19:09]
biometric one, then you have a new date
[19:12]
of issuance in the computer. And then
[19:14]
the bank when you come to the bank and
[19:16]
you give them your temporary toat and
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they see that it the date of issuance is
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different from what is published in the
[19:22]
system and in their connecting system
[19:24]
with the population immigration
[19:25]
authority then they'll say to you oh I
[19:27]
have something different I need you to
[19:29]
give me that one in order for me to
[19:31]
finish opening up the bank account. U in
[19:34]
my opinion they can move forward without
[19:36]
that even if they didn't complete the
[19:38]
process in order to service an O and
[19:40]
help an O. you know, these are um it's
[19:43]
their job. They're bank employees. Some
[19:45]
of them um just to follow protocol
[19:48]
regardless of the situation, which is
[19:50]
fine. We can respect that. And some of
[19:52]
them are willing to proceed with helping
[19:53]
the O and saying, "Okay, get when you
[19:55]
get it, send it to me." And so on and so
[19:57]
forth. But just be aware of this topic
[19:59]
that I'm mentioning. I know it's a
[20:00]
little bit um a little bit vague. I'm
[20:02]
trying to make it as clear as possible,
[20:03]
but it's just the date of issuance on
[20:06]
your turad matters when opening up a
[20:09]
bank account.
[20:11]
Um, how does one choose a bank over aim
[20:14]
or misrai or discount? It really varies
[20:17]
on a few different things. One is the
[20:19]
services that are available in the city
[20:21]
or smaller location that you live in.
[20:24]
For instance, if you live on a kibbut or
[20:25]
on a mush
[20:28]
and there's only one bank option, then
[20:30]
you're most probably going to choose
[20:31]
that bank option. If you live I live in
[20:33]
Jerusalem, there's multiple branches of
[20:35]
every bank in Israel. So, we really have
[20:37]
the luxury of choosing what we want. So
[20:39]
for starters, you'll choose a if
[20:41]
something is near you. You can
[20:42]
definitely ask other olim or friends and
[20:45]
families if they've had a good
[20:47]
experience and if they recommend one
[20:48]
place over another. Um in Israel,
[20:52]
banking is branch specific, not
[20:55]
bankspecific. So a bank um in in um in
[20:59]
Natana may not be able to help you if
[21:01]
your branch is in bank in Tel Aviv.
[21:05]
Sure, they'll see you. They'll see you
[21:06]
in their system. They may be able to
[21:08]
give you some general information but
[21:09]
they cannot become your banker for that
[21:11]
uh for that appointment. So understand
[21:14]
that and and and that brings me to the
[21:16]
third point is nowadays and obviously
[21:19]
the demographics are different between
[21:21]
everybody on the screen and all of our
[21:23]
and everybody uh some people don't go to
[21:25]
the bank anymore at all. They strictly
[21:28]
use digital and online um things. And
[21:31]
when you if you're that type of person,
[21:33]
then you can add that into the equation
[21:35]
of choosing your bank and and as one of
[21:37]
the variables and figure out if it
[21:39]
really matters if it's right next to
[21:41]
your house or if you know the the banker
[21:43]
that your uncle uses in the next town or
[21:45]
city over um is highly recommended and
[21:48]
you'll manage most things online, then
[21:50]
then that's an option you can choose as
[21:52]
well.
[21:53]
Um,
[21:55]
generally speaking, and I I'll use this
[21:57]
as a little segue, generally speaking,
[21:59]
the banking world, but along with almost
[22:01]
every other office that you're going to
[22:03]
encounter in Israel,
[22:06]
government or otherwise, um, operate on
[22:09]
on on what's called like a personal
[22:12]
area. I'm sure this is not so different
[22:13]
from the US and Canada either, but they
[22:15]
operate on what's called like a personal
[22:17]
area section of in whether it's um um
[22:21]
the bank, whether it's the insurance
[22:22]
company,
[22:24]
the ministry of aliyah. So, they all
[22:26]
involve a username and password um kind
[22:29]
of thing and a two-step login and
[22:31]
therefore almost always you will need an
[22:33]
Israeli phone number. So, that comes
[22:36]
into play in the banking world as well.
[22:39]
So, if you don't have one and you were
[22:41]
planning on getting one, I would do that
[22:44]
and get that out of the way also so that
[22:45]
when you go to the bank, you can give
[22:46]
them an Israeli phone number. If for
[22:49]
whatever reason you weren't planning on
[22:50]
doing that, then I suggest having a
[22:52]
conversation with somebody at
[22:55]
because it's very hard to operate
[22:56]
without an Israeli phone number. Okay.
[22:59]
Um, you should bring with you that piece
[23:02]
of paper that we said about the bank
[23:03]
account that you got in the airport. Um,
[23:06]
a couple of other little quick things
[23:08]
about banking in Israel or about opening
[23:10]
up a bank account. First of all, there's
[23:12]
something called um to
[23:16]
which is a form that a couple would be
[23:18]
given to encourage each side of the
[23:21]
couple to sign it. It basically gives
[23:23]
the the each other access to the account
[23:26]
if god forbid somebody should um should
[23:28]
be should pass on or be unable to access
[23:30]
the account. uh we don't usually don't
[23:33]
need to wait for a will or something
[23:35]
like that to be executed
[23:37]
um and be able to access the funds in
[23:40]
the account.
[23:41]
Additionally, we will share at various
[23:44]
times what we call here a helpful hint.
[23:46]
So, this one is a there's a Facebook
[23:48]
group and a website company called
[23:52]
Living Financially Smarter in Israel.
[23:54]
It's hosted and and and run by somebody
[23:56]
named Rifka Liowitz. Um, she's somebody
[23:58]
who has
[24:00]
who has spoken at our events, who hosts
[24:03]
an annual very big event in our offices,
[24:06]
somebody that we that we work closely
[24:08]
with and can encourage and and support
[24:12]
the idea of looking at her website and
[24:13]
the Facebook group. Uh, there's a lot of
[24:15]
topics that are brought up there,
[24:17]
probably topics that you've thought of
[24:18]
also. So, it's a good place it's a good
[24:21]
place to um to search for information
[24:25]
like in the search bar and see if your
[24:27]
questions were raised already. Um and if
[24:29]
not, then it's a good place to raise a
[24:30]
question and ask them information and
[24:33]
and you'll be able to get a lot of uh
[24:35]
financial help and guidance from that
[24:38]
Facebook group and and equally as
[24:39]
important from her website. She has a
[24:41]
book that she sells also that just we
[24:44]
often give it out here in the office
[24:45]
that just you know about living
[24:47]
financially that's what it's called
[24:48]
living financially smarter in Israel
[24:50]
just tips and hints and stuff like that
[24:51]
about life here in Israel financially.
[24:54]
Okay. Any questions or anything about
[24:56]
that at Daniel? Anything you think we
[24:58]
should address?
[25:03]
Okay. Thank you. I see Daniel sharing
[25:05]
all the links and stuff perfectly which
[25:06]
is exactly what we want. So save those
[25:09]
things. If you need to copy, put them
[25:11]
into your browser, open up the browser
[25:13]
already, and then just come back to this
[25:14]
page so you have everything open uh for
[25:16]
when we're done here.
[25:18]
>> Yeah, I will I'll add one thing. Um just
[25:22]
uh we are sharing a lot. I am sharing a
[25:24]
lot of the information here in the chat.
[25:26]
Um, when it comes to information that
[25:29]
you're looking for from Nev Ben Nevesh,
[25:31]
again, we try our best to keep things as
[25:33]
up to date as possible, but if there's
[25:34]
any topics you're interested in, uh, the
[25:36]
easiest way to find the information on
[25:38]
that topic is to search the topic Nevish
[25:40]
benef on Google and then you will find
[25:43]
the one or even multiple pages on that
[25:45]
topic that we have. Um, and one of the
[25:48]
other links uh that I shared somewhere
[25:50]
there in the middle was for our YouTube
[25:51]
page. uh this uh this record this uh
[25:54]
this session and every other session
[25:56]
that we do online is recorded and put
[25:58]
onto our YouTube. So uh you don't have
[26:00]
to be stressed that oh it's going to be
[26:02]
gone and you'll never see it again. No,
[26:04]
all the information is readily available
[26:05]
on our YouTube and we would encourage
[26:07]
you to review our YouTube so you can see
[26:10]
other webinars with other information
[26:11]
that might be relevant to you as well.
[26:16]
>> Awesome. Thank you Daniel.
[26:19]
All right guys, we are moving on to step
[26:22]
number three. The ministry of aliyah and
[26:24]
integration or in Hebrew misad aliyah.
[26:29]
Um this is a big one. These are this
[26:32]
would be essentially your second meeting
[26:34]
after you've met representatives from
[26:36]
this office in the airport. You may have
[26:39]
seen the back of the wall had this the
[26:41]
big logo that um sorry the big logo that
[26:45]
you see on this page behind you. Um
[26:49]
the ministry of aliyah is the ministry
[26:51]
that is responsible for managing and um
[26:55]
issuing all the benefits
[26:58]
and they are also involved very involved
[27:02]
with all of your integration into
[27:04]
Israel. Okay. Into your aliyah into
[27:07]
Israel. Um
[27:10]
one second my screen looks weird.
[27:19]
Bear with me for a second everybody.
[27:27]
Okay, we'll proceed accordingly.
[27:30]
Um,
[27:37]
okay, my screen froze for some reason.
[27:39]
One second.
[28:00]
Okay, I'm going to talk while I try and
[28:02]
fix this thing up. But basically, the
[28:04]
Ministry of Ali and Integration, as I
[28:06]
said, is the is the entity responsible
[28:08]
for managing and supervising all the
[28:12]
benefits as well as in charge of your
[28:16]
integration here in Israel. Okay. So,
[28:19]
you've met with their with their
[28:21]
representatives at the airport. Now is a
[28:23]
follow-up meeting. And the point of this
[28:24]
meeting is really to, let's call it,
[28:27]
close up uh whatever loose ends there
[28:29]
may be, such as providing them with the
[28:32]
bank account information so that you can
[28:34]
continue to get the um absorption basket
[28:36]
money as well as having a conversation
[28:40]
about your benefits. Okay, at this
[28:42]
point, everybody knows what should know
[28:43]
what the benefits are, the aliyah
[28:45]
benefits. um the timelines may be
[28:48]
unclear or exactly, you know, the
[28:50]
details of each one may be a little bit
[28:52]
unclear, but generally speaking, I'm
[28:53]
sure you've looked into it and heard
[28:54]
about it from your PIL advisors and
[28:56]
should have an idea of what the benefits
[28:58]
look like. So, the more prepared you
[29:02]
come for this meeting with questions
[29:04]
that are relevant for you, the more
[29:07]
you'll be able to um understand, have
[29:10]
have a good conversation, and really
[29:12]
walk out of there with as much
[29:13]
information as possible.
[29:15]
um
[29:18]
the information you bring to this for so
[29:20]
the difference a big difference between
[29:21]
this meeting and the meeting with the
[29:23]
ministry of uh interior the population
[29:25]
immigration authority is that this
[29:28]
office is determined for you it's based
[29:31]
on where um where you live and it's a
[29:35]
regional office based on where you live
[29:38]
based on the the address in your zoot so
[29:41]
not where you actually may reside if you
[29:43]
gave somebody else's address, but where
[29:45]
the address is in your 2.2.
[29:48]
Okay. Um, we have on our website a a
[29:51]
list of all the branches.
[29:55]
Um, and you encourage you to look there.
[29:59]
Um, the way to make this appointment is
[30:01]
by calling star 2994. That is their call
[30:04]
center. And they'll ask you for your
[30:06]
name and your 2.0 number. Obviously, you
[30:08]
should give that to them. and they will
[30:10]
find the um your appointment or your
[30:13]
name and your file and they will set up
[30:15]
an appointment for you. Um if anybody
[30:18]
runs into any issues with that, please
[30:19]
let us know. We'll be happy to help you
[30:21]
with that. And again, this this um the
[30:26]
guide is listing for you what you should
[30:27]
bring with you. Obviously, theatakut
[30:30]
that you got in the airport, your
[30:31]
zahoot, the piece of paper from the
[30:33]
bank. Um, and like I said, what you
[30:36]
should expect to get is is confirmation
[30:38]
and details about the uh the upcoming
[30:42]
socket payments
[30:44]
that you got that you should expect now
[30:46]
that you gave them your bank account
[30:48]
information as well as any other
[30:52]
information that you can bring up and
[30:53]
and and talk to them about whether it's
[30:55]
opan whether it's the higher education
[30:58]
um benefit for those that it's relevant
[31:00]
for customs meas.
[31:04]
So come prepared and ask questions and
[31:07]
you should be able to see to to get a
[31:10]
lot of information from that
[31:11]
appointment.
[31:13]
Um
[31:17]
I mentioned earlier about people with
[31:19]
Israeli background. We're just going to
[31:20]
touch on this uh briefly. Um actually if
[31:24]
you don't mind, let's do it like this.
[31:26]
If there's anybody who has Israeli
[31:28]
background and did not get the stuff
[31:30]
that I mentioned in the airport, can you
[31:33]
please unmute yourself and let me know
[31:34]
that you're here and what your name is?
[31:43]
>> Sorry, can you repeat your question?
[31:45]
>> Yes, sure. If there's anybody I
[31:47]
mentioned earlier that people who have
[31:48]
Israeli background that means that they
[31:50]
made aliyah with an Israeli passport
[31:52]
already because they were either born in
[31:54]
the US or Canada to Israeli parents or
[31:56]
born in Israel or made aliyah as an
[31:58]
infant and then left Israel now they're
[32:00]
coming back. Um those statuses are
[32:02]
called a kin or an
[32:05]
um and therefore probably did not get
[32:07]
audits
[32:13]
that
[32:14]
>> yeah that's me.
[32:16]
That is Naomi. I thought I saw right
[32:19]
here.
[32:19]
>> Naomi Aram.
[32:20]
>> Okay, good. So, I'll touch on this real
[32:22]
quick for Naomi's sake. And I guess if
[32:25]
nobody else is relevant for then that's
[32:26]
okay. Um, if you did not get stuff in
[32:30]
the airport, then when you go to this
[32:31]
appointment, it says here um that you
[32:34]
this is a this is the opportunity for
[32:35]
you. This is where they will will
[32:37]
finalize your healthcare information as
[32:39]
well. Other words, you probably did not
[32:41]
get the
[32:43]
um the help from excuse me, you probably
[32:46]
did not get the paperwork or anything
[32:49]
like that in the airport and therefore
[32:51]
you will be able to they will send in
[32:55]
the paperwork that's necessary, the
[32:56]
information that's necessary to in order
[32:58]
to start your healthcare um from after
[33:02]
your meeting with them. Okay, so that's
[33:04]
just one side note for you. um they may
[33:08]
have you know they should issue you toad
[33:10]
zaka at that meeting as well and if they
[33:12]
need anything additional from you they
[33:14]
will they will let you know um as I
[33:18]
mentioned earlier this setting up a
[33:20]
gov.il account. This is another example
[33:23]
of a personal area where you create an
[33:28]
account and then there and then in that
[33:30]
manner the the you have access
[33:33]
individual access to your
[33:36]
what's called portal here and therefore
[33:38]
it has information that's relevant for
[33:39]
you such as the different benefits you
[33:42]
got and the timeline of those benefits.
[33:45]
Um, it allows you to send an inquiry to
[33:50]
your Makita representative and be able
[33:53]
to ask specific questions about specific
[33:55]
benefits. Uh, whether it's opan or like
[33:58]
I said, customs are the two most common
[34:00]
things that come up. But we really
[34:02]
encourage you to do that. And we have on
[34:03]
our website um various step-by-step
[34:06]
guides. You can see here in this URL, it
[34:08]
says step-by-step guides. um something
[34:10]
you can search as Daniel mentioned with
[34:12]
with NBN after that and then get to a
[34:15]
list of all the step-by-step guides that
[34:16]
we have and they're very very helpful.
[34:18]
Yes, there there a lot of steps to them
[34:20]
and it's you know words and stuff that
[34:22]
you're not familiar with but use the
[34:23]
glossery in the in the beginning of this
[34:25]
guide. Ask us questions if you need but
[34:27]
we encourage both a gov.
[34:30]
And the makita portal you access the
[34:32]
portal via having a gov. personal
[34:35]
account so it's not you have to create
[34:37]
two things there. Um, but we strongly
[34:39]
encourage using those things and and it
[34:42]
gives you an let's call it an inner
[34:45]
circle or a shorter path. That's a
[34:47]
better way of saying a shorter path to
[34:48]
your representative than than having to
[34:50]
call us and asking us to do it. We'll be
[34:52]
[clears throat] happy to do it. And we
[34:53]
have relationships with those people.
[34:54]
But this system was created so that it
[34:57]
could be monitored and that the the
[34:59]
management of that office can see when
[35:02]
OIM reach out, how often they reach out,
[35:04]
how long it takes to be replied to,
[35:05]
whether the responses are are, you know,
[35:08]
appropriate and and taking care of
[35:09]
what's at hand. So again, we encourage
[35:13]
this um very much and if anybody has any
[35:16]
questions about how to do it, of course,
[35:18]
you can reach out to us, but start with
[35:20]
the step-by-step guide online.
[35:23]
Um,
[35:24]
okay. We're going to move on. Any
[35:26]
questions about that?
[35:30]
Good.
[35:33]
Deput
[35:35]
obviously a very important topic. As I
[35:37]
mentioned in the beginning, almost
[35:38]
everybody except for Naomi probably got
[35:40]
a piece of paper in the airport that
[35:42]
says you are part of and the name of the
[35:45]
Katim and that is the same name of the
[35:48]
Koopa that you chose that you told your
[35:50]
your priya adviser
[35:52]
um that that's what you wanted when you
[35:54]
upon arrival. So as we said you are
[35:58]
covered from when you landed
[36:00]
other than that piece of paper you don't
[36:02]
have much to show for that. That's the
[36:04]
truth. Um, and that's where this step
[36:06]
comes into play
[36:08]
in order to finalize the registration
[36:11]
with or or your your being present in
[36:15]
their computer systems and and being
[36:17]
able to show something for that. Um,
[36:20]
remember when you made aliyah the day
[36:21]
you made aliyah and were issued at the
[36:23]
katim with that piece of paper that is
[36:25]
the same day that your ID number was
[36:27]
created. So it has not been shared yet
[36:29]
with other offices. Typically that takes
[36:31]
about 10 business days um to be
[36:34]
thoroughly shared and spread through all
[36:36]
the different offices. So you may want
[36:37]
to wait that period of time before you
[36:39]
go to your nearest Katim branch. Okay.
[36:44]
Um the purpose of going to that branch
[36:45]
is a few things. One is to a see where
[36:48]
the nearest branch is to you. Um for
[36:51]
those who have more of a medical need or
[36:53]
concern or like to go to a doctor, you
[36:56]
know, every so set set period of time,
[36:58]
then you want to find a branch near you
[37:01]
that is not a tiny tiny branch that
[37:03]
maybe has one doctor or one, you know,
[37:05]
specific line of medicine, rather more
[37:08]
of a general place that has a a general
[37:10]
family doctor as well as possibly other
[37:13]
things and maybe even a lab for taking
[37:14]
blood and stuff. Um, so you want to put
[37:17]
a drop of a drop of of an effort into
[37:19]
finding the the best branch near you.
[37:23]
And similar to how we said earlier about
[37:24]
choosing a bank or choosing a katim,
[37:27]
same thing comes into play here. How do
[37:29]
you choose one cle branch over another?
[37:33]
A number of of of of variables that can
[37:36]
make complete sense such as the distance
[37:38]
from where you live. Um a recommendation
[37:40]
from another oair or family member,
[37:43]
somebody who lives next to you in your
[37:44]
building or somebody you just know who
[37:46]
made aliyah. Uh a very important factor
[37:48]
is whether or not you need to be able to
[37:51]
speak English, that doctor or that
[37:54]
secretary.
[37:55]
um that's worth the extra effort and the
[37:58]
extra delay in actually going to a
[38:00]
branch to better find one that will that
[38:02]
will be able to help you. Um you know
[38:04]
most can communicate but some are just
[38:07]
known to have by chance English speaking
[38:09]
people. You know there's plenty of
[38:10]
people like myself who are English
[38:12]
speaking and we have full-time jobs here
[38:14]
in Israel. So there can be secretaries
[38:16]
or nurses and so on and so forth that
[38:18]
speak English. So if that is important
[38:20]
to you, it's worth putting in the time
[38:22]
to look at it. Um,
[38:26]
another reason why you're making this
[38:27]
appointment and and going to the branch
[38:29]
is because you want to present to them
[38:31]
your tatsu card at at the very least
[38:34]
number and ask them to confirm that
[38:36]
you're in their computer system. Um,
[38:39]
when they confirm that, they will issue
[38:40]
you a magnetic card, a swipe card, looks
[38:43]
like a credit card. that is how you
[38:46]
swipe in when you get to the doctor or
[38:48]
when you that's what you hand over to
[38:50]
the pharmacist when you go to get your
[38:52]
uh prescription filled or anything like
[38:53]
that. You need to show them proof that
[38:55]
you're part of a kubat and therefore
[38:56]
things are subsidized. So that's another
[38:59]
thing that you're going to get from the
[39:01]
branch itself. If you have uh if you're
[39:03]
a family of whatever amount of people,
[39:05]
make sure you bring your turad zoot and
[39:07]
the folded up piece of paper that
[39:09]
details your spouse and kids on that so
[39:12]
that they can issue cards for everybody
[39:14]
assuming that they are all in the same
[39:16]
kopa, which is usually the
[39:17]
[clears throat] case. Um there's no
[39:20]
immediate immediate immediate rush to do
[39:22]
this, but there is we we do encourage
[39:25]
that you do it within the first 90 days
[39:27]
of your aliyah, even less if possible,
[39:30]
so you're not up against the wire here.
[39:32]
But if you do within the first 90 days
[39:34]
after aliyah, you're exempt from any
[39:36]
waiting period um before receiving the
[39:40]
supplemental services. If you pass the
[39:42]
90 days, then there is a waiting period.
[39:44]
Could be a month, it could be a few
[39:45]
months, depending on how much time goes
[39:47]
after um that um that 90-day period. Um
[39:52]
interestingly enough, I'll just share a
[39:54]
quick story real quick. We used to I
[39:56]
mean I'll talk about myself. I I say
[39:58]
this because that's the rule and that's
[39:59]
the law and that's you know the
[40:01]
information we encourage we are
[40:03]
encouraged to give you and want you to
[40:04]
know and and follow but um sometime in
[40:07]
the last year Daniel P remembers this
[40:09]
also there was a a lady who decided not
[40:12]
decided it was decided for her
[40:14]
unfortunately that she needed fertility
[40:15]
treatments and she was aware that it was
[40:18]
you know in Israel there was this place
[40:20]
to go to and she had it all planned out
[40:21]
and it was all everything was was you
[40:23]
know she had a plan and everything like
[40:24]
that. The problem was that she did not
[40:27]
go and sign up for the supplemental care
[40:29]
within the first 90 days. And not only
[40:31]
did she have a waiting period, but that
[40:33]
was considered a pre-existing condition
[40:34]
and they were not willing to
[40:37]
it was they on the spot they were unable
[40:39]
to give her the right coverage that
[40:41]
would allow her to do those treatments
[40:44]
and for obvious reasons that was a
[40:46]
disaster for for for her and for her
[40:48]
family and for um everybody involved. Um
[40:51]
I believe it was rectified. I think she
[40:53]
had to wait a little bit, but you know,
[40:54]
we got involved also and I'm pretty sure
[40:56]
it was worked out at the end, but it was
[40:58]
it was unnecessary
[41:00]
stress or or maybe possibly avoidable
[41:03]
stress. Um, had she been able to, I
[41:05]
don't remember the circumstances, maybe
[41:06]
she was unable to make it there in those
[41:08]
90 days, but um, had she been able to do
[41:10]
it, it's the kind of thing we encourage
[41:11]
you to do it for for, god forbid, for
[41:13]
any surprise emergencies that may come
[41:15]
up. So, um, it doesn't have to be
[41:18]
tomorrow. you can wait till you have
[41:20]
your uh your bank account open because
[41:22]
for the supplemental care for instance
[41:24]
you need to pay for that separately.
[41:25]
I'll touch on payments in a second but
[41:27]
again it doesn't have to happen tomorrow
[41:29]
but it's something that you should pay
[41:30]
attention to that you know after 30 days
[41:33]
40 days you want to get on that and make
[41:34]
sure that it's all squared away before
[41:36]
you get even close to the 90 days. Um,
[41:39]
quickly about payments. Um, first of
[41:41]
all, as we mentioned earlier, BMI has a
[41:44]
personal area also created. A lot gets
[41:47]
done there such as the payments, such as
[41:50]
being able to verify for yourselves or
[41:52]
asking us to do it for you with you on
[41:54]
the phone um whether or not you lost
[41:56]
residency or or have any issues with
[41:59]
residency and and or with your file at
[42:02]
all or if you got a letter and you don't
[42:03]
understand what it says, we can view the
[42:05]
letter with you in your personal portal.
[42:07]
So really really that's another one
[42:09]
that's very important to create. Um all
[42:11]
these personal portals I should have
[42:13]
said this is earlier but I'll just say
[42:14]
it now. All of them require multiple
[42:16]
modes of ID multiple forms of ID Israeli
[42:20]
ID usually. So you may not be able to
[42:22]
create them now right as after we finish
[42:24]
the Zoom and you get off the phone and
[42:25]
yet said do it do it do it. So I'm going
[42:26]
to go do it now. Give it a second. You
[42:29]
you know you need your turatto. You
[42:31]
often need your turoot. Sometimes you
[42:33]
need your credit card um an Israeli
[42:36]
credit card as ID. So give it a second
[42:39]
if you can and you have the time and
[42:40]
patience and you want to try and create
[42:41]
it and you're able to. Amazing. That's
[42:43]
great. You may have enough stuff. If you
[42:45]
don't and then you ask for your credit
[42:46]
card or you're asked for, I don't know,
[42:49]
your your your phone number doesn't
[42:51]
match what they have because you don't
[42:52]
really have a phone number, that's okay.
[42:53]
Then just take a second, finish setting
[42:56]
things up. Um and then go ahead and try
[42:58]
and and create that at a later date. um
[43:01]
payments and then we're going to talk
[43:02]
about residency for a second because
[43:04]
those are very important uh topics that
[43:06]
come up often. So first of all payment
[43:08]
wise general the is the national
[43:12]
insurance of Israel. They provide you
[43:14]
with a number of services. They provide
[43:15]
residents of Israel not necessarily
[43:18]
citizens but residents of Israel people
[43:21]
who live and reside in Israel with a
[43:23]
number of services. The main one or the
[43:26]
main one on for today's uh conversation
[43:28]
is to be able to be part of the Israeli
[43:31]
healthcare services. Um by being part of
[43:33]
it, which you now are, you are entitled
[43:36]
to choose from one of the four HMOs, one
[43:40]
of the four kotim, the healthcare
[43:41]
providers. And by being part of you're
[43:45]
entitled to the basic coverage that is
[43:48]
offered by any one of those four um
[43:53]
the basic coverage would indicate that
[43:55]
there are other coverages and I'll touch
[43:57]
on that in a second but you're entitled
[43:58]
to the basic coverage. You do not need
[44:01]
to pay as an you do not need to
[44:03]
contribute and pay into the system for
[44:05]
the first six months. After that
[44:07]
starting num month number seven you do
[44:10]
you're being charged. you're always
[44:12]
charged three months later. So in month
[44:14]
seven you'll be excuse me in o in in
[44:16]
month 10 you'll be charged for month
[44:18]
seven, month 11 for month eight, month
[44:20]
12 for month n and so on and so forth.
[44:22]
But you incur the cost, you incur the
[44:24]
payment um starting month seven. So we
[44:27]
encourage you and you'll be reminded by
[44:29]
our u monthly emails um leading up to
[44:32]
your sixth month. You'll be encouraged
[44:33]
to create a standing order in the B2
[44:36]
personal area and put an Israeli credit
[44:38]
card in there or a credit card in there
[44:40]
so that the payments will be deducted
[44:42]
automatically and you don't need to
[44:43]
worry about it. You have your free 6
[44:45]
months and then as soon as they want to
[44:47]
start collecting money, they will. One
[44:48]
thing I can say about is that they are
[44:51]
honest. In other words, if you owe them
[44:53]
money, they will ask you and make sure
[44:55]
that you pay them that money. If you
[44:57]
overpay, they will return that money or
[45:00]
hold it for future payments. it won't
[45:02]
just it should not fly under the radar.
[45:05]
Um, so you know, you want to set up
[45:07]
those payments so you don't have to
[45:08]
think about it very much. But if you get
[45:10]
to the point where you did not and you
[45:12]
need to make a payment, then of course
[45:13]
let us know. We'll be happy to help
[45:14]
guide you on how to do that. But try not
[45:17]
to get to that point. Just follow the
[45:19]
emails that you get from us, the ones
[45:21]
that, you know, the monthly emails and
[45:23]
uh when encouraged you go ahead and set
[45:25]
up the standing orders. Uh I'm going to
[45:28]
talk a little bit about residency only
[45:30]
because it is one of the main topics
[45:31]
that come up with OIM, especially brand
[45:33]
new OIM. Um happy to get into specific
[45:37]
cases or scenarios, you know, the
[45:39]
upcoming weddings or graduations or
[45:41]
whatever it is that the home in Miami
[45:44]
Saba will talk about everything. Again,
[45:46]
if it's not relevant for everybody on
[45:47]
the screen or for most of the people in
[45:49]
your opinion, then let's take it off
[45:52]
screen and discuss it later or discuss
[45:53]
it with myself or Daniel, anybody from
[45:55]
our team. we can all um have this
[45:57]
conversation with you. So residency in
[45:59]
Israel
[46:01]
used to be and I'll start with with the
[46:03]
myth used to be based on being in Israel
[46:06]
for a drop any bit over six months of
[46:09]
the year. Six months then a day um 160
[46:13]
something days I forget what the number
[46:15]
was. Either way that is no longer the
[46:17]
case. So if you thought that or were
[46:19]
counting on that or were thinking that
[46:21]
it's just no longer the case. There is
[46:23]
no figure anymore that is looking for
[46:26]
and comparing to a calendar to make sure
[46:29]
that you're in Israel for a certain
[46:30]
amount of time. The requirement while
[46:33]
vague to some extent is that the center
[46:35]
of life needs to be in Israel. So there
[46:38]
are some obvious things that one could
[46:40]
put into that category such as owning a
[46:42]
home or renting a home. Um if you have
[46:44]
kids, they're registered in school and
[46:46]
attending school. If you live, you know,
[46:49]
if you if depending on the family and
[46:50]
situation, you have a car, you have cell
[46:52]
phones, you have gym memberships, paying
[46:55]
utilities, things like that. Um,
[47:00]
often you don't need to prove this at
[47:02]
all. When do you need to prove this? In
[47:04]
the case where you may lose residency.
[47:07]
Okay. um in your first year of aliyah
[47:11]
and other offices are being observant as
[47:14]
to what the ole is doing as far as
[47:17]
entering and exiting Israel and time
[47:19]
spent in Israel. The the it's an quite
[47:22]
an obvious reason but I I'll spell I
[47:23]
I'll say to you so you hear it from
[47:25]
somebody but the idea is as follows.
[47:28]
It's based on on things that happened in
[47:29]
the past also, whether it was the uh
[47:32]
COVID or the Ukrainian Russian war or
[47:34]
any other wars that we've had where
[47:36]
people make aliyah in order to get an
[47:38]
Israeli uh passport or travel document
[47:40]
and then they leave. They leave Israel
[47:42]
and they live elsewhere and they want it
[47:44]
either as a backup plan or because they
[47:46]
own a home here, their kids or grandkids
[47:48]
are here and they need to be able to
[47:49]
come in. So that's that's fine. I
[47:51]
understand the the idea behind it. The
[47:54]
problem is it actually affects those who
[47:56]
are making aliyah to live in Israel and
[47:58]
to reside here full-time. For instance,
[48:00]
and we'll get to that in step number
[48:02]
eight or whatever it is that an Israeli
[48:04]
a brand new cannot get a passport
[48:06]
anymore for the first year after aliyah.
[48:08]
They can get a different travel document
[48:10]
but they cannot get a passport. Okay,
[48:12]
that's just one example. Um, so in your
[48:15]
first year of aliyah, if you're going to
[48:17]
leave Israel for a month or more,
[48:22]
we strongly suggest that you tell this
[48:24]
to me. How do you tell them? We'll walk
[48:27]
you through that, but basically write
[48:28]
them a short letter with bullet points
[48:31]
um saying when you're leaving, when
[48:32]
you're coming back, why you're going.
[48:34]
Never mention that it's for work. If it
[48:36]
is for work, graduations, like I said,
[48:38]
those things, visiting family, closing
[48:40]
up the house, selling the business, even
[48:42]
those kind of things are good. If you
[48:44]
say you're going for work, it's a clear
[48:45]
indication to whomever is looking at
[48:47]
that that perhaps your center of life is
[48:49]
not in Israel, rather wherever you're
[48:51]
going to work right now. So, don't
[48:52]
mention that. Um, but it's a short
[48:54]
letter will help you figure out how what
[48:56]
to write, what how to send it, and so on
[48:58]
and so forth. That and setting up the
[49:00]
standing order on the personal area are
[49:02]
the two steps that you can take
[49:04]
proactively in showing that yes, you
[49:07]
just made aliyah. Yes, you are leaving,
[49:09]
but you are planning to come back and
[49:11]
and your center of life will be in
[49:13]
Israel. And here's proof. Here's my
[49:14]
letter saying I'm just going for a month
[49:16]
or two weeks. Here's my standing order
[49:18]
saying you're going to take money from
[49:19]
me as soon as uh as soon as you're able
[49:21]
to. So, those are two things that are
[49:23]
helpful. They're by no means a guarantee
[49:25]
at all that you will not lose your
[49:27]
residency if you go for a significant
[49:29]
amount of time. Um calls that a month or
[49:32]
longer. Um but it's definitely things
[49:34]
that will help your case and help us um
[49:37]
help you reestablish or reinstate your
[49:40]
residency should you lose it um upon
[49:42]
return. Um, if you're going out of the
[49:46]
country for a few months, especially in
[49:48]
the first year, for a few months, I'm
[49:50]
saying there is a good chance that you
[49:52]
will lose your residency. And that's
[49:55]
just the norm. Again, it's because
[49:56]
you're not here in Israel, residing in
[49:58]
Israel. Um, not
[50:02]
something that cannot be fixed. Most
[50:04]
things can be fixed. Be in touch with
[50:06]
us. We have a relationship. Daniel
[50:07]
actually manages that connection with
[50:10]
um and should you have issues with
[50:13]
registration to or residency then be in
[50:18]
touch with us and we'll be happy to
[50:20]
assist you with that. It sounds a little
[50:22]
bit scarier than it really is. Um but
[50:24]
it's directly connected to healthcare.
[50:26]
So, it is a very important topic and it
[50:28]
is more important for some than others,
[50:31]
but it's something you need to be aware
[50:33]
of. And and again, we're happy to
[50:35]
elaborate more one-on-one, especially if
[50:38]
you have a situation that you want to
[50:39]
discuss that may be relevant to what I'm
[50:42]
saying right now. Okay.
[50:46]
Daniel, anything you want to add or
[50:47]
something about residency?
[50:51]
Um
[50:54]
just yeah I mean you said it but um it
[50:57]
bears repeating if you are going to be
[51:00]
traveling frequently repeatedly
[51:01]
extensively during these first 12 months
[51:03]
as these first 12 months of your aliyah
[51:04]
are more uh sensitive regarding
[51:06]
residency just you know before you
[51:09]
travel
[51:11]
remember be in touch with nebes reach
[51:13]
out to us we will let you know how to
[51:15]
notify what to include in notification
[51:17]
should be to me and as he had And this
[51:20]
is extremely common and normal uh form
[51:23]
to run into residency issues. We deal
[51:25]
with this every single day of the week.
[51:26]
Whether that be someone notifying me to
[51:28]
let me of travel um you know running
[51:31]
into residency issues or um us helping
[51:34]
them in reinstating residency. It's
[51:36]
normal. Nothing to freak out about. Um
[51:39]
but just as you move forward, something
[51:40]
to be mindful of and to be in touch with
[51:43]
us about.
[51:47]
>> Awesome. Thank you, Dan.
[51:49]
All right. Um,
[51:53]
let's see if I can see everybody at the
[51:55]
same time. By show of hands, is there
[51:58]
anybody here with minor children?
[52:02]
Children who are in school,
[52:07]
school age,
[52:12]
amazing
[52:14]
music to my ears that nobody said yes.
[52:17]
Um, only because that means we can skip
[52:19]
the next two steps.
[52:22]
>> Uh, yes. Can I just since we're going to
[52:26]
skip those two steps, can I just because
[52:27]
a couple people are writing to me
[52:29]
privately about the difference
[52:38]
already covered this but we're just
[52:39]
going to go over it again just so it's
[52:40]
very very clear. There is vuaklom.
[52:42]
Vuaklom is the national insurance
[52:44]
institute. That is the the big
[52:46]
government office. Uh vuaklom handles uh
[52:49]
various things uh such as residency
[52:52]
status and various programs for
[52:54]
different demographics in Israel when it
[52:56]
comes to supporting them whether that be
[52:58]
uh sick, elderly, disabled, uh
[53:00]
maternity, things like that. Um so
[53:02]
that's that is the big government
[53:05]
office. Um and then there is your katim
[53:09]
your Israeli healthc care provider be
[53:10]
that makabi khalit
[53:13]
umi
[53:16]
is the one that is providing their
[53:19]
aliyah benefit of the first six months
[53:21]
of their aliyah not uh to uh to
[53:24]
basically providing them an exemption
[53:26]
from payments um during their first six
[53:28]
months of aliyah uh that those payments
[53:31]
would normally go towards the uh basic
[53:34]
basket of health services. Okay. And
[53:37]
that's uh what it's mentioned beforehand
[53:39]
at the we'll remind you in our monthly
[53:41]
emails uh when you near the six months
[53:43]
to set up your B2 account to set up
[53:45]
monthly payments because that is um from
[53:49]
and that's how long you receive those
[53:50]
that benefit for your
[53:53]
as I said
[53:55]
that's your provider. Um and that is
[53:59]
basically when you need health services
[54:00]
that is who it's going to be from. It's
[54:02]
not going to be from it's going to be in
[54:04]
in that uh in the package of of your
[54:07]
healthcare provider. And again, we we do
[54:11]
recommend that you uh to all of our to
[54:15]
enroll in supplemental coverage directly
[54:17]
with your kupatim. Uh that is not
[54:20]
covered by the benefit I just mentioned
[54:22]
from when you go to Makabi and you want
[54:25]
makabi shale makabi zahab or you go to
[54:27]
khalit and you want c or or whatever.
[54:30]
Um, when you select those tiers, that is
[54:33]
private from day one. You will be paying
[54:35]
for that out of pocket because that is
[54:37]
not covered by the six-month benefit
[54:39]
from BUAL. Okay. So, I hope that makes a
[54:42]
lot more sense uh for those of you who
[54:43]
are curious. There's ba
[54:46]
residency
[54:47]
uh various uh sort of programs for the
[54:50]
various demographics in Israel. Um and
[54:52]
then beneath that is your katim. That is
[54:54]
who will be providing you that is where
[54:56]
you will be getting your health services
[54:58]
from. Um,
[55:00]
again, it's all new, so it's okay, but
[55:03]
just wanted that to be clear for
[55:05]
everybody.
[55:08]
>> Thanks, Daniel. Yeah, guys, um, we we
[55:11]
this goes without saying, but this is a
[55:13]
ton a ton a ton of information to add to
[55:16]
everything you've been dealing with
[55:17]
before and now you've arrived and it's
[55:20]
exciting and there's so many things
[55:21]
going on. So, it's cool if you don't
[55:24]
remember everything. That's why you have
[55:25]
the guide. That's why there's a whole
[55:27]
team of us that this is our job.
[55:28]
Literally, this is our job is to be here
[55:30]
for you a day after, a week after, and
[55:33]
10 years after. We get calls all the
[55:34]
time from from various uh time frames
[55:36]
after. So, please utilize that. This is
[55:39]
what we're here for. Um the idea today
[55:42]
is really just to yes, shove a lot of
[55:44]
information at you, but at least a lot
[55:46]
of this stuff hopefully a lot will stick
[55:49]
and at least when you hear these topics
[55:51]
later or these terms and stuff like
[55:52]
that, it's not the first time you heard
[55:53]
about you. Ah, yes, they spoke about
[55:55]
that on the Zoom. Um, that's the point.
[55:58]
Okay, so we're going to move on to we
[56:00]
we're nearing the end here, guys. So,
[56:03]
just hang it a little longer. Um, the
[56:05]
next thing we're talking about is step
[56:07]
number seven is the Arnona benefit. This
[56:09]
is an actual Misaka benefit or a benefit
[56:12]
given by the government. It's in this
[56:14]
booklet because there's a time frame um
[56:17]
connected to it and therefore we want to
[56:19]
make sure that you don't miss out on
[56:21]
using it. The Arnona Arona basically is,
[56:24]
as it says here, municipal tax.
[56:26]
Everybody pays Arona. If you own your
[56:29]
home or you rent, it gets passed on to
[56:31]
you. Either way, everybody's paying
[56:32]
Arona. This goes to the municipality
[56:34]
that you live in. Um,
[56:38]
it goes for, you know, fixing the
[56:40]
streets and making parks and garbage
[56:42]
collection, all that kind of stuff. Um,
[56:44]
so Khadashim are given up to a 90%
[56:49]
discount
[56:51]
for up to the first 100 meters of their
[56:55]
residence
[56:57]
for 12 out of the first 24 months after
[57:00]
aliyah.
[57:02]
Okay. So again, the time frame here is
[57:03]
that you're able to use this only within
[57:05]
the first two years, but also it needs
[57:08]
to be at the end of two years. It just
[57:11]
it ends. So obviously you want to start
[57:13]
it. It's a it's a benefit that's good
[57:15]
for 12 months. You want to start it as
[57:18]
early as possible. What do you need in
[57:21]
order to do it? You need to have a 12
[57:23]
month rent contract or proof of
[57:25]
ownership. Your turatto or which you got
[57:29]
in the airport except for Naomi who's
[57:30]
going to get one later and the Arnona
[57:33]
bill which you'll get from your landlord
[57:35]
or from the city if you own your
[57:36]
property. Okay. Um, most municipalities
[57:40]
allow you to do this online and to
[57:43]
upload the proof that you're in Ole and
[57:45]
the relevant property information
[57:47]
online. Uh, if you run into any issues,
[57:49]
again, please let us know. And if it
[57:51]
happens to be a municipality where you
[57:52]
cannot do it, then you have to make an
[57:55]
appointment and go in person. Uh, but
[57:57]
most of them you can do online.
[58:00]
Um, this brings me to an important topic
[58:03]
called a a job that's out there that's
[58:07]
exists to help you is something called
[58:09]
the municipal coordinator. Municipal
[58:12]
coordinators are um employees of the
[58:14]
municipalities. So of the city that
[58:16]
you're living in and some of the bigger
[58:19]
cities or some of the cities have actual
[58:21]
Englishspeaking ones like Anglo English
[58:24]
and others have non- Anglo English
[58:27]
speakers but people who know some
[58:29]
English um not amazing but
[58:34]
um that's the that's the circumstances
[58:37]
and their job is to help olim in
[58:40]
municipal related
[58:42]
categories to make their integration
[58:45]
efficient smoother. So, what does that
[58:47]
mean? I'll give you a few quick
[58:49]
examples. For instance, if you're
[58:50]
running into issues with this, with the
[58:52]
Arnona discount or you're running into
[58:54]
issues with your Arnona bill, um when
[58:56]
kids are registered in school, they have
[58:59]
to go through the municipality. That's
[59:00]
where they register and sometimes
[59:02]
there's a language barrier or sometimes,
[59:05]
you know, it's just not the way it was
[59:06]
done in the US or Canada. And therefore,
[59:08]
the municipal coordinator can help with
[59:10]
that. some municipalities, we just
[59:12]
traveled with the city of Jerusalem to
[59:14]
to an event in the US and for instance
[59:16]
they have a few programs that are unique
[59:19]
to them, but other municipalities are
[59:22]
trying to get involved and for instance
[59:24]
they help with finding a job. They have
[59:26]
a relationship with a real estate I
[59:28]
don't know if it's a realtor or or the
[59:30]
city or or not exactly sure but they
[59:32]
have a a program where they're helping
[59:34]
people find um their first apartments in
[59:37]
the city. they they and all
[59:40]
municipalities are very involved with
[59:42]
the ministry of aliyah for giving more
[59:45]
and more opan options.
[59:48]
So by the municipality getting involved
[59:50]
it's another government office in
[59:52]
addition with the ministry of aliyah
[59:53]
that's trying to create with the
[59:55]
ministry of education in said city more
[59:57]
options for you to have opan so you
[60:00]
don't have to go in the designated
[60:02]
morning hours for instance. Uh so these
[60:04]
are just some of the things that the
[60:05]
municipal coordinators um within the
[60:08]
municipality um can help you with and we
[60:11]
have a list on our website of them. So
[60:14]
same idea municipal coordinators NBN
[60:17]
you'll be able to find a list of them
[60:18]
with your contact information. We have a
[60:21]
relationship with a lot of them. So if
[60:22]
you need any help or guidance or having
[60:24]
difficulty getting in touch with
[60:25]
somebody let us know. We'll be happy to
[60:27]
help you with that. Okay
[60:31]
brings us to step number eight.
[60:34]
Step number eight is a driver's license
[60:36]
conversion. Same idea. It is more of an
[60:38]
IAP benefit than a step you need to take
[60:40]
or or one of the first bureaucratic
[60:42]
things. This too has a timeline on it
[60:45]
and we should definitely touch on this
[60:47]
right now. So it says here in red, come
[60:50]
on. says here in red, "And is entitled
[60:54]
to drive in a foreign driver's license
[60:55]
for up to one year from the last entry
[60:58]
date
[61:00]
following six full months abroad."
[61:04]
Okay. Again, entitled to use a foreign
[61:07]
driver's license for up to one year from
[61:09]
their last entry date following six
[61:12]
months abroad. So,
[61:13]
>> I'll add sorry to jump in. This is it's
[61:16]
not just a it's not an OE specific
[61:18]
thing. This is the standard sort of
[61:20]
policy in many countries across the
[61:22]
world is that as a foreigner you are
[61:24]
allowed to drive on a foreign passport
[61:26]
in a country um for up to 12 months and
[61:29]
so to here in Israel. So it's it's just
[61:32]
not great wording but um but it's not
[61:35]
this specifically the 12-month period is
[61:37]
is not nothing to do with aliyah
[61:39]
exactly. Uh sorry to cut you off there.
[61:41]
>> That's okay. Thank you. Thank you for
[61:43]
clarifying that. Um, in addition, pay
[61:46]
attention to the words we said about
[61:47]
driving on a foreign license. I did not
[61:49]
talk about conversion yet. We'll get to
[61:51]
that in a second, but obviously it's
[61:52]
very relevant. So, just to make sense of
[61:56]
that sentence a little bit more. When
[61:59]
you came last week, if you have been out
[62:01]
of Israel for at least six full months,
[62:05]
then great. Your last entry date is the
[62:08]
date you made aliyah, the date you came
[62:10]
into Israel. If on that day that you
[62:13]
came, you have been in Israel
[62:16]
in the, you know, previously this year
[62:18]
and have not been outside for a full six
[62:20]
months, then it would be your previous
[62:22]
entry to Israel and so on and so forth
[62:25]
going backwards until you were out of
[62:27]
Israel for a full 6 months. Okay? So
[62:31]
that is how you figure out that date.
[62:33]
But that brings us to the actual license
[62:35]
conversion. you as an you have up to
[62:37]
five years after your aliyah date that's
[62:39]
on your or your to convert your license.
[62:44]
Okay. The process of converting the
[62:45]
license. We have a very detailed article
[62:47]
on our website about it. I'm sure Daniel
[62:49]
will share um in the chat. And basically
[62:51]
it starts with a online medical form
[62:53]
that you answer questions through on
[62:55]
your own. When that is completed, you
[62:58]
get a prompt that you can go get your
[62:59]
eyes exammed and a picture taken. And
[63:02]
then the next part varies based on how
[63:04]
long you've had your license and you can
[63:07]
prove it and not a permit or a
[63:10]
probationary license but an actual
[63:11]
license and can prove it to the ministry
[63:13]
of uh prior to your aliyah date. Not
[63:17]
prior to the date that you are applying
[63:20]
not prior to the date that you're going
[63:21]
to meet them or take a test or anything
[63:23]
like that. prior to your aliyah date.
[63:26]
I'll throw in also, and it says here,
[63:28]
I'm sure here, right here, you have to
[63:30]
have a valid foreign driver's license at
[63:33]
the time of your conversion. So, if you
[63:35]
landed last week and your thing expires
[63:37]
next week, you're going to have a
[63:39]
problem converting that. Um, okay. So,
[63:42]
those are some of the guidelines and and
[63:44]
the the the criteria for converting a
[63:46]
license. best bet, like I said, is to go
[63:48]
to our website and go through the the
[63:51]
article and follow them step by step.
[63:53]
Um, I will say one thing about the
[63:55]
medical form, this something that comes
[63:57]
up a lot. I don't want to go into
[63:59]
individual cases, please, if that's okay
[64:00]
right now. But should the answer to any
[64:03]
of the medical questions be yes, and
[64:05]
some of the questions are ridiculous.
[64:07]
You'll review it and look at it. But for
[64:09]
instance, if you're diabetes,
[64:11]
yes or no. If you take um, I don't know,
[64:14]
blood pressure medicine, yes or no. So,
[64:17]
anytime the answer is yes to those
[64:18]
questions, you're going to have a longer
[64:21]
process and just hear me out what you
[64:23]
should do. Do not submit the form.
[64:26]
There's no point in submitting it
[64:27]
online, thereby delaying the picture and
[64:30]
the and the and the eye exam and stuff,
[64:32]
but finish looking at the form, write
[64:35]
down anything that's relevant for you.
[64:38]
You need to then go to a doctor and get
[64:39]
a letter from the doctor acknowledging
[64:41]
that he knows that you have these
[64:43]
things. Okay? Most doctors will not
[64:46]
connect that letter or won't write
[64:47]
anything or not most. Some doctors won't
[64:50]
relate or connect that letter to the
[64:52]
fact that you're trying to convert your
[64:53]
license. That's fine. They don't need
[64:55]
to. You're not asking them to either. If
[64:57]
they happen to do that, amazing. But
[65:00]
you're not asking them to do that. Some
[65:01]
of them are very touchy about that and
[65:02]
we can understand why. Um, you're
[65:05]
bringing this information to the
[65:07]
attention of your doctor and your doctor
[65:08]
is writing a letter acknowledging that
[65:10]
you with your brand new 2.0 number have
[65:12]
come forward and stated those things.
[65:14]
Then you can put that letter in the
[65:16]
computer and [clears throat] go back and
[65:18]
fill out the form and upload that letter
[65:20]
to the form and then it will go through
[65:22]
the medical department at MIUI. So it
[65:25]
will be a little bit longer of a process
[65:27]
but that that is the necessary steps
[65:30]
that you need to take
[65:33]
in order to convert. Like I said, it
[65:35]
varies based on how long you've had your
[65:37]
license and how long you can prove that
[65:39]
you've had your license. prior to your
[65:41]
aliad date. Um the you have to have a
[65:44]
valid foreign license with you. The best
[65:47]
way to prove your history, your past is
[65:49]
to have the previous or previous yeah
[65:51]
the few previous driver's licenses,
[65:52]
[snorts] whatever you have handy. Um and
[65:56]
if you don't have your previous driver's
[65:57]
license handy, then you need to obtain
[66:00]
from the DMV in the state that you used
[66:02]
to live in your driving history.
[66:05]
Some places call it driving abstract,
[66:07]
driving record, driving history. It's
[66:09]
not about your It's not a record like
[66:11]
how many tickets you got or if you ever
[66:13]
lost your license for being pulled. Not
[66:15]
that's not what they're looking for.
[66:16]
They're not checking if you're a great
[66:17]
driver or not. Um they want to see when
[66:20]
your licenses were issued. So any
[66:24]
request that you make from the DMV, make
[66:26]
sure that you're specifying that you
[66:27]
needed to show when your licenses were
[66:29]
issued.
[66:31]
Okay. The years.
[66:35]
Okay. Any questions on that, Daniel?
[66:38]
anything worth repeating?
[66:42]
>> The only thing that I've started to sort
[66:44]
of add here regarding the driver's
[66:46]
license conversion uh is regarding our
[66:48]
event called Olaish which uh some of you
[66:51]
may have already heard about or you will
[66:53]
hear about it. Uh and I will just
[66:55]
quickly say that uh we in the last uh
[66:57]
year or so have started our team has
[66:59]
started to run a monthly recurring event
[67:02]
called Lima which is um been dubbed a
[67:06]
license conversion day um which where we
[67:09]
bring in um representatives from Isra um
[67:12]
this event takes place in our offices
[67:14]
here in Jerusalem and it's it's a great
[67:16]
event uh that if it's relevant to you
[67:19]
fantastic but I I just want to sort of
[67:21]
nip some things in the bud before uh
[67:22]
there's some sort of misunderstandings
[67:24]
about what this event is and what it
[67:25]
isn't. This is not a one-stop shop where
[67:28]
we're where we're, you know, doing the
[67:31]
uh online application, the vision test,
[67:33]
the picture, and the uh, you know, the
[67:36]
the driving test if applicable for
[67:39]
everyone. This is really an event to
[67:40]
replace the final step of this process,
[67:43]
which is the uh going to misread Shuy's
[67:46]
office. is basically instead of going to
[67:47]
Mr. Rodri Shu's office, you would come
[67:49]
to this event. Um, and we would be there
[67:52]
in order to help sort of sort things out
[67:54]
if need be. Um, and again, this is just
[67:59]
a common misunderstanding that we're
[68:00]
seeing happen all the time. Um, all this
[68:03]
to say that depending on your timeline,
[68:05]
depending on your, you know, needs and
[68:07]
how quickly to to to um convert your
[68:11]
license, uh, you are most certainly
[68:14]
welcome to come to our event, but it's
[68:15]
not necessarily the fastest way for you
[68:18]
to convert the license if you needed to
[68:19]
get on this more quickly. Um, so please,
[68:23]
uh, you know, review your timeline, see
[68:25]
when you need to convert the license. If
[68:26]
it just happened to work out that, you
[68:28]
know, coming to our event is the most
[68:30]
convenient thing to do. you are more
[68:32]
than welcome to register um and join us.
[68:35]
If not, um the regular process is
[68:38]
something we're quite familiar with and
[68:39]
can coach you through um and and it is
[68:42]
not uh the only the only way to uh for
[68:47]
the license is not only at our events um
[68:49]
and the next one is scheduled to be in
[68:51]
November. Um but we've yet to set an
[68:53]
official date for it yet. So I hope
[68:55]
that's clear um that this is not the
[68:58]
only way to convert a licenses at our
[69:00]
event. Amazing,
[69:04]
Dan. Thank you.
[69:07]
Um,
[69:09]
okay. We're going to move on to the last
[69:11]
step here in our guide, Israeli travel
[69:13]
documentation. U, before I go into that,
[69:15]
I just want to say a few quick things so
[69:17]
that when we're done with this, anybody
[69:19]
who chooses to get off can get off. U,
[69:21]
the rest of the guide has a lot of
[69:23]
information in it. I encourage you to
[69:25]
look at it. For instance, the branches
[69:26]
that I mentioned of the Ministry of
[69:28]
Aliyah, the aliyah benefits that you
[69:30]
know very well. Um, some emergency
[69:33]
information. You know, we commonly say
[69:35]
that a lot of us, a lot of you, excuse
[69:37]
me, um, probably have visited Israel in
[69:40]
the past on vacation and stuff like
[69:42]
that, but this is the first time you're
[69:43]
living here. So, there's a lot of
[69:45]
differences and a lot of things you need
[69:46]
to familiarize yourself with. Hopefully,
[69:48]
you'll never need any emergency
[69:50]
information, but should you need it, you
[69:52]
should know where to look. and um just
[69:56]
loaded with different information inside
[69:58]
here as well as of course the different
[70:00]
departments and contact information for
[70:02]
us at Neesh Benesh. Um,
[70:06]
I'm going to when we're done, we'll also
[70:09]
leave some time for questions and
[70:10]
answers if there are. Um, again, if it's
[70:13]
something more personal, please let's
[70:14]
not do it on the on the Zoom, but reach
[70:16]
out to us. Daniel shared our contact
[70:18]
information. Um, we're here to happy.
[70:20]
We're happy and here to help you with
[70:22]
whatever we whatever comes up. Okay.
[70:25]
Step number nine, Israeli travel
[70:26]
documentation. Recently that title was
[70:29]
changed to what it appears in front of
[70:30]
you and not Israeli passport because as
[70:33]
I mentioned earlier and is said here in
[70:35]
bold in the first in the first sentence
[70:37]
one is no longer able to obtain an
[70:39]
Israeli passport within the first year
[70:41]
of aliyah. The reason as I mentioned is
[70:44]
because too many passports were given
[70:45]
out and people did not stay in Israel.
[70:47]
So they reverted back to a law from 2014
[70:50]
where um a an O needs to can obtain an
[70:55]
Israeli travel document called aatar
[70:58]
and upon being in Israel for enough time
[71:01]
um and having meet the criteria of this
[71:04]
office's residency requirements then one
[71:08]
can apply for a passport um and get one.
[71:12]
Okay. So an Israeli travel document a
[71:14]
tutat mavar is for all intents and
[71:16]
purposes exactly like a passport
[71:19]
operates like it looks like it feels
[71:20]
like it. It is not the same color. It is
[71:23]
orange and not blue. Um and it says on
[71:26]
it um Israeli travel document sometimes
[71:29]
says Israeli travel document in lie of
[71:31]
passport.
[71:32]
Um, but the requirement is that as a
[71:35]
citizen of Israel and probably the same
[71:37]
for any other country in the world that
[71:39]
if you are a citizen of that country,
[71:40]
you enter and exit Israel with that
[71:43]
country's travel document. Okay?
[71:45]
Therefore, it is required by everybody
[71:47]
to do this. Naomi has an Israeli
[71:50]
passport already. She needed it before
[71:51]
she made aliyah. Myself and Daniel, we
[71:54]
have ours. We've been living here for a
[71:55]
long time. Um, now you have this
[71:58]
privilege and and it's an amazing thing.
[72:00]
So again, you're starting off with a tat
[72:02]
mavar and and after the first year, you
[72:05]
can apply for a passport. It they will
[72:08]
check the amount of time you spent in
[72:10]
Israel. You have to have been in Israel
[72:11]
for 60% of the year before in order to
[72:14]
be eligible for a passport. Um at the
[72:18]
same time, you can wait the full five
[72:20]
years that you're paying for. In other
[72:21]
words, you're paying for a tat mavar.
[72:23]
It's a biometric tat mavar. You're comes
[72:25]
at a cost that is good for five years.
[72:28]
that document, that passport, that
[72:30]
sudatavar. So, should you choose to
[72:32]
apply for an actual passport sooner, you
[72:34]
can as long as it's past a year and you
[72:36]
meet the residency criteria, but you'll
[72:38]
have to pay again. For some people,
[72:41]
that's that's fine. They just want the
[72:42]
passport. Um, and for others, it's fine
[72:45]
to continue with the and after 5 years,
[72:47]
you'll renew it and pay for a passport
[72:49]
at a time. Again, it says what you need
[72:52]
to bring with you to the meeting. This
[72:54]
is given by the same office as the the
[72:56]
population immigration authority same as
[72:58]
the tood that the appointment is made on
[73:00]
that same goit.gov
[73:03]
website with the English in it. It does
[73:06]
not say the word to mavar anywhere on
[73:08]
that website. So when you're applying
[73:12]
you're applying for a passport first
[73:13]
time passport. I know sounds weird but
[73:16]
just do it. Doesn't say toat mavar
[73:18]
anywhere. You're applying for a first
[73:20]
time passport. they will dictate that
[73:23]
for you that it'll be for a two mavar um
[73:28]
which brings me to a very important
[73:30]
statement that
[73:33]
two things one is you cannot apply for
[73:35]
anything for the first 90 days after
[73:38]
aliyah
[73:39]
okay so that brings this group on the
[73:42]
screen here into January of next year
[73:46]
okay therefore what it says here that
[73:50]
anybody who has a valid foreign passport
[73:52]
can enter and exit Israel until the end
[73:55]
of 2026.
[73:57]
It's not so relevant for you guys
[73:58]
because you can anyways enter and exit
[74:01]
Israel for that period of time because
[74:02]
you're not able to obtain a a an Israeli
[74:06]
travel document until then. And
[74:10]
unless they change this and extend this
[74:11]
into next year, which they as of now is
[74:13]
no indication that that was going to
[74:14]
happen, then you do need to go ahead and
[74:17]
make this appointment. Like I said in
[74:18]
the beginning, you cannot have two
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appointments at the same time with this
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office. So we encourage you to take care
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of your biometric tad zahoot first and
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then make an appointment for this. Um
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and sometimes they'll be willing to do
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it at the same thing. It doesn't hurt to
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ask because it is in fact a biometric
[74:37]
appointment, but there's no there's no
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guarantee or anything like that. So um
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accept [clears throat] it if they say
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no. But once you finish the the
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appointment for the for the biometrics.
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Like I said, you can go ahead back
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online and make an appointment for um
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the toat mavar.
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Um like I said, it operates and acts
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like an Israeli passport. So you're
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traveling on whatever Israeli line there
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is. When you leave Israel, you're
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showing them your tat mavar as well. Um
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that's it. That's really the important
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information about this step. And really
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that's the whole guide for you. Um,
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yeah, let's
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let's bring this to a question and
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answer kind of thing now guys. If
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there's anything that was not answered
[75:25]
by Daniel in the chat or anything you
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want some clarity on, now is the time.
[75:30]
If anybody does decide to [snorts]
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leave, that's obviously totally okay. It
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was great seeing everybody here. Mazalto
[75:36]
aliyah, please do stay in touch with us.
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Please do reach out to us via email or
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phone and we'll be happy to work with
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you and help you with anything.
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