Application for Israeli laissez passer for foreigners

This service enables foreigners who are residents of Israel to submit an application to receive a laissez passer.

Required Documents To Apply

Two recent duplicate passport photos (color against a white background, with full front view of face, measuring 5x5 cm)

ID card; for a minor – the paper addendum (sefach) to the ID card containing the minor's name

Declaration of loss/theft/destruction of passport/laissez passer

The current laissez passer, if any

Foreign passport

Receipt for payment for laissez passer and returning resident visa

NOTE: the validity of the laissez passer required for entry changes from country to country. You must verify that the laissez passer is valid for the destination country before ordering the flight ticket.

NOTE: an Israeli laissez passer for foreigners is valid for a maximum of five years.

NOTE: agreements that exempt Israelis from visas do not apply to a person holding an Israeli laissez passer for foreigners. Therefore, the appropriate visas must be obtained for entering other countries.

NOTE: before entering Israel, an application for a returning resident visa must be submitted, for which an additional fee is charged.

Required presence at the Consulate

It is mandatory to come in person to the mission when a first laissez passer is being issued or when the old laissez passer has been lost, stolen or destroyed.

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Who can apply

How to apply

Fill the forms

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Who can apply?

The service is provided to Israeli residents who are not citizens.

How to apply

The required forms must be completed and sent by mail to an Israeli mission in the country where the applicant lives.
For issuing a first laissez passer or where the old laissez passer has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the application must be submitted in person at an Israeli mission in the country where the applicant lives.

Fill the forms

Application for issuance of a passport/laissez passer or application for extension of a passport/laissez passer

Application for grant of an entry visa to Israel (returning resident visa)

Declaration of loss/theft/destruction of a passport or laissez passer.

Entry Visa to Israel - Application Form

Schedule an appointemet

Any visit to a mission must be arranged in advance through the online appointment scheduler.
The affidavit that is to be signed must be prepared in advance.

Consular fee

According to the Consular Schedule of Fees

Consular Fee Chart

https://www.gov.il/en/departments/dynamiccollectors/tarifimconsularim?skip=0

Schedule appointment

Please register only one person per family - there is no need to add accompanying people, your family will be allowed with you.
If you have medical problems and are assisted by medical equipment, or if you have a metal implant implanted in your body, please provide yourself with an appropriate medical certificate.
If a nursing companion who is not a family member is coming with you, their details must be added when making the appointment.
Do not come to the meeting at the consulate with large bags, valuables, large sums of money, and electronic equipment such as laptops, tablets, etc., except for a personal phone.
Visitors arriving with electronic equipment will not be allowed to enter the consulate.
If you have additional citizenship, please bring with you any foreign passports you have

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Information

How to apply by mail

Please send and the requested documents and payment of the fee and return method.

Payment may be in the form of:

1. For a credit or debit card, please fill out a payment form. American Express will not be accepted
2. Cashier's Check/Money Order (not a personal check) - should be addressed to the consulate general of Israel to the Pacific Northwest

When sending packages to the consulate:

Make sure that your full name and address appear on the envelope.

Your package needs to be a clean envelope or a FedEx/UPS/USPS envelope.

Receiving the passport back from the Consulate:

We recommend sending a prepaid return envelope with your mail or pre-paid FedEx label.

If not provided, we will return the passport via FedEx. Payment of an additional fee is required (see pricing on the payment form).To use this delivery method, the fee must be paid when the application is submitted.

Mailing address:

The Consular Department at the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest in San Francisco. 456 Montgomery St, Suite #2100, San Francisco, CA 94104

Please note that the Consulate is not liable for any risks involved with sending payment information by mail, nor for any mail damage, loss, or theft.