New Immigrants (Olim)

This portal contains information regarding the various rights given to new immigrants (olim).

Thousands of Olim come to Israel every year from various countries around the world and often need support and assistance to integrate into Israeli society. The rights and benefits given to Olim encompass many areas of life, such as financial assistance, employment facilitation etc

Important: Information on Returning Residents can be found in a separate portal

General Aid

• Absorption Basket
• A Savings Plan for Every Child
• Assistance for New Immigrants (Olim) Mothers to Finance Day Care
• Assistance for Single Parent Fathers to Finance Day Care
• Special Services Benefit for New Immigrants (Olim)
• Income Support for Ulpan Students Without Reporting to the Employment Bureau
• Tax Breaks for New Immigrants (Olim) on the Tax Authority website

Housing

• Public Housing for New Immigrants (Olim)
• Rent Assistance for New Immigrants (Olim)
• Assistance for New Immigrants (Olim) Buying an Apartment (Mortgage)
• Assistance for Ethiopian New Immigrants (Olim) Buying an Apartment
• Property Procurement Apartments for the Disabled

Health

• Health Insurance for New Immigrants
• Discount for New Immigrants on Health Plan Services
• Translation and Interpreting Services for Patients in the Healthcare System

Education and Studies

• New Immigrants (Olim) and Returning Residents School Pupils
• Study Grants for Single Parents
• Matriculation Dispensations for Students who are New Immigrants (Olim) (new guidelines for students in 10th grade and above as of 2015)
• Matriculation Dispensations for New Immigrants (Olim) (old guidelines)
• Matriculation Dispensations for Veteran New Immigrants (Olim) (old guidelines)
• Adjustments for the License Theory Test
• Adjustments in Accountancy Board Exam
• Presence of Interpreters for Pupil Expulsion Hearings
• Income Support for Ulpan Students Without Reporting to the Employment Bureau
• Information for New Immigrant (Olim) Students on the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption website
• Assistance for New Immigrants (Olim) that are Scientists to integrate into the fields of research and development on the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption website.

Employment

• Appropriate representation for New Immigrants among civil service employees
• Prohibition Against Employee Discrimination by Country of Origin
• Income Tax Credit Points for New Immigrants
• "Eshet Hail" Program for Employment Integration for Women from Ethiopia, Bukhara and the Caucasus
• Vouchers for Vocational Training
• Classroom Training in Factories
• Adjustments in Accountancy Board Exam
• Business Guidance and Advice for Immigrants and Returning Residents
• Assistance for New Immigrants (Olim) that are Scientists to integrate into the fields of research and development on the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption website.

Extensions

• Elderly New Immigrants:
  • Special Old Age Benefit for New Immigrants (Olim)
  • "Kulanu Mesubin" Having Senior Citizen Guests at the Passover Seder
• Soldiers and National-Civil Service Volunteers:
  • Stipend from the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption for Lone Soldiers or National-Civil Service volunteers
  • Lone Soldiers
  • National Civil Service
• Children who Immigrate without Their Parents:
  • Appointment of Child Allowance Recipient
• Grandparent - Grandson Club in Natzrat Illit

Assistance for Youth and Young Adults)

• SELA - Mentoring program for young immigrants and seniors in distress
• CHEN - Assistance for new immigrant and Arab young women at high risk

Issues of Jewishness and Conversion

• Free State Conversion
• Clarification of Jewishness
• Clarification of Jewishness for Ethiopian Immigrants
• Certification of Jewishness

Marriage and Divorce

• Marriage Portal
• Divorce Portal
• Fee Discount for Marriage Registration with the Rabbinate
• Registration of Civil Marriages that took place outside of Israel
• Marriage Covenant for someone who is not affiliated with any religion
• Marriage between Jews
• Divorce between Jews
• Dissolution of Marriage
• Dissolution of the Marriage Covenant

Miscellaneous

• Maintenance of Social Benefits when moving between treaty countries
• Nullification of an act of peddling or remote sales transactions by a new immigrant
• Converting a New Immigrant's Drivers License on the Transportation Authority's website
• Prohibition to deny issuing a passport to a new immigrant in his/her first year in Israel because he/she is a new immigrant

Various Population Groups

• Ethiopian Immigrants
• Returning Residents
• Prisoners of Zion and Martyrs

Aid Organizations

• List of Aid Organizations for Olim
• JDC Israel
• International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
• Aid Organizations for Olim in Jerusalem
• Aid Organizations for Olim in Maalot - Tarshicha
• Latet
• MATI - Holon
• MATI - Netanya
• Selah - Israel Crisis Management Center - Center for Assisting Olim in Crisis
• Ezra
• Center for Food Security and the War against Hunger
• Gvanim Association
• For an extended list of aid organizations for Olim from Ethiopia Click here

Government Agencies

• The Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption- The ministry is responsible for assisting Olim in Israel, from the initial stages of getting organised up until the integration in all areas of life in Israeli society
• Student Administration for Olim
• Authority for Prisoners of Zion and Martyrs - in the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption.
• The Jewish Agency - Service Center for Olim - on the Jewish Agency website
• Ministry of Education
• National Insurance Institute

Court Rulings

• Recognition of Ethiopian Immigrants Arrested on their Way to Israel as Prisoners of Zion

Laws and Regulations

• Director General of the Ministry of Education Circular 5775/2(a) from 07.10.2014 - rights for New Immigrants (Olim) and Returning Residents taking the matriculation exams.
• The Compensation Law for Prisoners of Zion and their families

Additional Publications

• Government services portal: Eligibility Guide for Citizenship in Israel
• Website of The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption: Tax reform for Olim and returning residents
• Website of The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption: Eligibility for assistance from the Ministry of Absorption and Immigration
• Website of the Prime Minister's office: National Conversion Program