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Application for deferment of reporting for military service for Israelis staying abroad

This service enables Israeli citizens and permanent residents of Israel who are staying abroad and are candidates for military service, to regularize their status with the IDF.
Required Documents To Apply
Registration form/Application to defer military service for Israeli citizens staying abroad (Form 7202).
Israeli identity card or Israeli passport
Documents supporting the military service deferment application.
Israeli and foreign passport of the parents
Required presence at the Consulate
The consular representative will decide, at his/her discretion, whether the applicant must appear in person at the mission.
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Who can apply
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Related documents
How to apply
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send form
Fill the forms
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appointment
Schedule an appointment
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Who can apply?

The service is provided to Israeli citizens and permanent residents of Israel, from the age of 16 and 4 months, who live or are staying abroad.

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How to apply

By email – The applicant must send the application by email, together with all the required documents plus a photocopy of his/her passport, and if either or both of his parents are Israeli citizens, a photocopy of their passport.

The consular representative will decide, at his/her discretion, whether the applicant must appear in person at the mission. 

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Fill the forms

Registration form/Application to defer military service for Israeli citizens staying abroad (Form 7202).

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Schedule an appointment

To visit the mission, it is necessary schedule an appointment in advance.


Before coming to the mission, make sure you have with you all the required documents and completed forms.

 

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Consular fee
The documents needs to be send to the following email address
consular@lisbon.mfa.gov.il

For contacting about consular issues, you must write in the email your full name and (Israeli) ID number, The reason for contacting the department must be written as well
Information

In order to regulate the military status, the following documents must be submitted:

 

* Photocopy of an Israeli and foreign passport of the child.

* Photocopy of foreign and Israeli passports of the parents.

* Form 7202 for deferment of full and signed military service

* Official confirmation from the school (translated into Hebrew/English) 
which will include the following details:

A) The name of the institution and its type (academic, secondary/theoretical, secondary/professional).

 

B) The major of the students and the type of certificate that the school awards at the end of the studies.

 

C) Academic year in which the applicant is studying and its end date (including the date of final exams).

 

D) Estimated date of graduation (if different from what is stated in C)

 

The scanned documents must be transferred as PDF file.

 

In the case of divorced parents, the documents must be attached:

 

Reference 1: Court decision concerning the parent who received the presumption of custody of that child

 

Reference 2: A statement signed by a notary, indicating the custody of the child

            

    

The parent who declares is the one who does not have the child in his custody.

 

The documents must be transferred only at the age of 16 and 4 months. 

Please send everything on PDF file!.