The state of Israel is welcoming and supporting new immigrants. Anyone who can prove with appropriate documents about that at least one grandparent is Jewish is eligible to submit an immigration application. If the positive assessment is made, they are permitted to immigrate to Israel as well as to acquire an Israeli citizenship.
Under the Immigration Act (Law of Return), a Jew’s grandparents must be certified to apply to settle in Israel. You can read the law HERE.
This is an application for establishment / immigration, so it is not just an application for Israeli citizenship or an Israeli passport. Settling in Israel is accompanied by the acquisition of citizenship and an Israeli passport.
Under the Immigration Act (Law of Return), a Jew’s grandparents must be certified to apply to settle in Israel. You can read the law HERE.
This is an application for establishment / immigration, so it is not just an application for Israeli citizenship or an Israeli passport. Settling in Israel is accompanied by the acquisition of citizenship and an Israeli passport.
Pre-aliyah is preceded by some face-to-face meetings with a local aliyha representative of the Sochnut-The Jewish Agency
- contacting the Budapest office of the Szochnut-The Jewish Agency
- presenting the original copies (not photocopies) of the required documents at the pre-arranged meeting. The documents will be returned immediately after photocopying.
- receiving information about opportunities and rights
- attending the aliyah-interview
- sending the complete aliyah-application (submitted documents and aliyah-interview material) to Israel
- Aliyah-applications are examined, judged and approved in Israel
- we are helping all the aliyah applicants to plan the first period of their life in Israel (housing, learning Hebrew, further education, work) and also providing advices for them.
- Free airplane ticket to Israel when making aliyah
- Free taxi from the Israeli airport to the first Israeli residence address
- Monthly immigrant allowance for 6 months
- Free social insurance for the first half of the year
- 5 months free Hebrew language course for the first 10 years (ulpan)
- Discounted accommodation in the first 5 months (in the city reception center, kibbutz)
- Supported further learning
- Tax benefits
JAFI: http://archive.jewishagency.org/aliyah-benefits
Government of Israel: https://www.gov.il/en/departments/ministry_of_aliyah_and_integration/govil-landing-page
- Absorption Center (Hebrew: merkaz klita) – for the first 5 months from the date of immigration, you can live in these discounted centers and take a free 5-month Hebrew language course (ulpan), depending on your age. You can find the list of merkaz klits HERE.
- Hebrew language learning in kibbutzim (Kibbutz Ulpan) – young people who prefer a kibbutz instead of an urban environment have the opportunity to take a 5-month free language course in the kibbutz for the first 5 months while living and working in the kibbutz. Price of the 5-month kibbutz program: 6200 shekel / 5 months. You can find the list of ulpan kibbutz HERE.
- The first year in kibbutz (Bait Rishon Bamoledet – The first home in the Homeland) – a 1-year program for singles and families with children in kibbutz and mosav; learning Hebrew in the first 5 months, also children do not have to leave their kindergarten or school after half a year, so they are able to finish the first year where they started. You can find the list of programs for singles and familes HERE.
- Job opportunities from the beginning of the immigration – Eilaton Read more about the program HERE.
- In addition to renting an apartment, it is possible to study Hebrew in the 5-month free Hebrew language course in the city ulpan – for the first 10 years.
The state of Israel supports higher education for new immigrant youth: every new immigrant under the age of 27 is granted a 3-year tuition fee waiver to obtain a BA degree, and every new immigrant under the age of 30 is granted a 2-year tuition fee waiver for an MA degree. Admission to the vast majority of Israeli higher education institutions can be obtained by passing an integrated entrance examination and writing a psychometric test. You can access the list of universities HERE.
University / College Preparatory Programs – Mechina, TAKA
The aim of these prep schools are to prepare young people on their journey to start their higher education in Israel.
The 10-month mechina (preparatory program) is open for graduatied young people who have not reached the age of 23 and have successfully completed the 5-month language course or an intensive language course at a university (ulpant). In the preparation, they study Hebrew, English, mathematics, and Jewish history.
TAKA is open for young people who have successfully completed at least 2 semesters in one of the Hungarian or in another foreign accredited institution. You can find the criteria and more information for the Taka program HERE.
Aliyah visa administration, booking the plane ticket etc.
Contact
Contact Name: Anita Cseri
E-mail címe: anitacs@jafi.org
Telefonszáma: 00361-3743063
