The right to family life in Israel is a fundamental and superior right of human rights, but the immigration to Israel of Israeli foreign spouses is not automatic, and the spouses must first apply for status settlement before the Population and Immigration Authority, whether the spouses are married or living together.

Immigration Law to Israel – The Normative Background

The Entry into Israel Law, 1952, stipulates that anyone who is not a citizen of Israel does not have a purchased right to reside and receive status in the Land of Israel. , Foreign workers and anyone who does not have status in Israel.

Section 1 of the Entry into Israel Law stipulates that “a person who is not an Israeli citizen or holder of an immigrant visa or immigrant certificate shall be resident in Israel under a residence permit under this Law.” The authority to issue licenses is therefore vested in the Minister of the Interior, or in a person authorized by the government. The main purpose of the Entry into Israel Law is to enable the Population and Immigration Authority to determine who is allowed to enter, stay in Israel and in what status.

 Section 7 of the Citizenship Law, 1952 stipulates that when one of the spouses is an Israeli citizen, his spouse can obtain Israeli citizenship by naturalization, even if the conditions for obtaining citizenship are not met if he applied for it without affiliation with the Israeli spouse. Israeli citizens have a significant choice of senior citizens – but the state has a high legitimate interest in preventing abuse of citizenship by fictitious connections and therefore the relief in section 7 of the Citizenship Law does not automatically confer eligibility for citizenship by marriage, and the Population and Immigration Authority has wide discretion in this regard. The sincerity of the couple’s relationship.

The graded procedure

 The Population and Immigration Authority has established procedures for the purpose of submitting an application for status regulation, procedures that deal with the granting of licenses to foreign residents who are spouses of citizens of the country or permanent residents. Approval of the application by virtue of a marriage of both married and public figures is made in a graded procedure, subject to the Authority’s examination of the sincerity of the marital relationship, which also includes personal interviews regarding the sincerity of the relationship between the spouses and its continued existence. For approval of the application, and more.

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Therefore, the right to immigrate to Israel of foreign spouses is not sweeping and automatic, and spouses must go through a bureaucratic process before the authority, from presenting and submitting many documents examined by the authority through a magnifying glass to such and other marital tests to examine the sincerity of marital relations. The experts in immigration law in Israel in general and in regulating the status of spouses in general will help you find a place to get what you want and build a family unit in Israel without obstacles.

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