Passport

Israelis with European passports won't evade Greek real estate tax

The Greek Finance Ministry’s draft bill makes tax residency the key factor in the 15% purchase tax increase. European passport holders living in Israel will pay the same rate as everyone else.

Psiri neighborhood, Athens.
Illustration: An Israeli passport.

Waiting for a passport? Glitch delays passport issuance

A vacation in a hotel.

Planning a summer vacation next year? The step that will save you a lot of money

Israeli passport.

Starting Nov. 1: What travelers should know about their passport


US Embassy in Israel has 15,000 passport backlog due to COVID rules

Even in a normal year, the embassy in Israel is one of the busiest places in the world for US passports and reports of birth. Then, the coronavirus pandemic came along.

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Israel should give east Jerusalem Palestinians Israeli passports - opinion

Why can’t the 350,000 Palestinians of east Jerusalem hold both an Israeli and a Palestinian passport?

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Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens sign up for new UK visa - The Times

London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law.

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens

Britain and China have been arguing for months about what London and Washington say is an attempt to silence dissent in Hong Kong after pro-democracy protests in 2019 and 2020.

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

"Britain is trying to turn large numbers of Hong Kong people into second-class British citizens. This has completely changed the original nature of BNO," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.

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Ash announces ‘green passport’ for those who had coronavirus

Commissioner says virus to be around at least another year, will not hesitate to lock down as needed.

Prof. Nachman Ash delivers his first formal address as coronavirus commissioner on November 26, 2020.

Which Jerusalemite was first to put 'Israel' as birthplace on passport?

Ari and Naomi Zivotofksy asked for a passport that recorded their son's birthplace as Israel 18 years ago, but the US government would only say he was born in Jerusalem.

Menachem Zivotofsky with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, October 30, 2020

US citizens from Jerusalem can list Israel as birthplace on passports

The announcement is a reversal of long-standing US policy.

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The significance of back-to-back pro-Israel policies ahead of elections

The timing of both moves can be explained in one of two ways, though these two explanations are by no means mutually exclusive.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony signing new versions of three agreements on research cooperation, Ariel University, October 28, 2020

US citizens born in Jerusalem may have ‘Israel’ on their passports

Under the new policy, individuals will be able to choose whether to have “Jerusalem, Israel” or just “Jerusalem” on their passports.

View of the construction site of 'Mechir Lamishtaken' at Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem on January 28, 2019.