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.

Download the form

Who can apply

How to apply

Fill the forms

Schedule an appointment

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

To schedule an appointment:

Our address is:
Embassy of Israel to the United States
Consular Department
3514 International Drive NW
Washington DC 20008

- no parking spaces are available.

Nearest metro station :
• Van Ness Metro station.
Buses stops nearby:
• H2 / L2
The closest stations to Embassy Of Israel are:
• Van Ness St Nw + International Dr NW is 227 yards away, 4 min walk.
• Connecticut Av Nw + Van Ness St NW is 536 yards away, 7 min walk.
• Cleveland Park Metro Station is 1491 yards away, 18 min walk

Security instructions for people who wish to obtain consular services at the consulate office
• The consulate’s security directives apply to people in the consular waiting room. Please respect the security requirements at all times!

1. Bring a photo ID.
2. All visitors and their belongings will be required to undergo a security check.
3. No personal objects will be allowed in the embassy, including mobile phones and electronic devices.
4. No bags/handbags or suitcases are allowed.
5. No food and/or beverage bottles or containers are allowed.

consular@washington.mfa.gov.il
Recommended means of contact is via email.

Public Reception Hours:
Monday through Friday: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Telephone Reception Hours:
Monday through Thursday: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

On snow days- information about the consular department's operating hours will be updated on the embassy's Facebook and Twitter.

The Consulate will be closed on national and Jewish holidays.

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