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Citizenship by descent, not for a payment
Repatriation by Jewish descent for the applicant and family, services after the passport, banks and the full BRIDGES knowledge base on the country.
Repatriation
Three generations
A Jew, their children and grandchildren and their spouses. Citizenship arises on the day of repatriation.
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a Jew, their children and grandchildren
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the law requires no payments
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citizenship on the day of repatriation
ProgrammesIsrael
The basis for an Israeli passport
The Law of Return gives the right to a Jew, their children and grandchildren and their spouses. The law requires no contributions or investment: the documents of descent decide everything.
ServicesAfter the passport
Services for citizens after the passport
Once you have the passport come renewals, citizenship for children, certificates and documents. We handle it remotely.
Israel01 / 06Passport renewal and replacementAn expiring, lost or damaged passport, a new passport for a child.Details 
Israel02 / 06Citizenship for a childA child born after citizenship was granted, and the first passport.Details 
Israel03 / 06Adding family membersA spouse, children and parents who were not in the first application.Details 
Israel04 / 06Police certificateA certificate for a bank, a residence permit or a new programme.Details 
Israel05 / 06Document recoveryLost certificates and records, archive searches.Details 
Israel06 / 06Apostille and legalisationA citizen’s documents for banks, transactions and authorities.Details Banks and companiesAccounts and business
Banks, companies and accounts
A passport works together with a bank account. We open accounts, prepare the source-of-funds file and register companies.
- Personal accountsAn account for a second-passport holder at a reliable bank.
- Corporate accountsAn account for a company with a clear source of funds.
- Source of fundsA source-of-wealth file for the bank and the programme.
- Bank directoryBanks by country: terms, documents and client requirements.
- Company registrationCompanies in different jurisdictions for a passport holder.
Knowledge baseIsrael
Knowledge base on Israel
Materials on repatriation, documents and life in Israel.
MaterialsTo study
Materials to study
TimelineOfficial decisions
What has changed in the programmes
- 22 January 2025
Israel’s Interior Ministry eased the rules for issuing passports to new immigrants: the share of time that has to be spent in the country was lowered from 75 to 60 per cent. The first passport, a year after the date of repatriation, is issued for five years.
- 10 July 2023
A rule was brought in under which a teudat maavar travel document, rather than a passport, is issued in the first year after repatriation. The reason was repatriation for the sake of a passport with no intention of living in the country.
- 9 August 2026
As at the date of checking, article 4A of the Law of Return stands in its earlier form: the right of a Jew’s grandchild has not been abolished. Bills to repeal the “grandchild clause” have been laid before the Knesset repeatedly, in 2023 and 2025 among other years, and have still not been passed. We keep the subject under watch and amend the page when things change.
You have the passport, we stay with you
Passport renewal, citizenship for children, certificates and documents: BRIDGES handles everything in Israel in one place.
Tell us your Israel goal
We will reply with the next steps: whether you have the right, which documents to gather and how long it will take.
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