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B/2 visitor extension for ongoing legal proceedings

IsraelShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

This is an in-country application: foreign nationals already in Israel who are legally permitted to be in Israel apply to extend their existing visa. The official source does not describe the visa or ETA-IL rules for the original entry.

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Limits of the record
  • The entry visa/ETA rules for the original entry are not described on this page.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers extending the stay of a tourist whose entry was granted for legal proceedings, where the proceedings continue beyond the originally authorised date; documents verifying this are required (summons to legal deliberations, list of deliberation dates, verification of the necessity to attend).

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  • https://www.gov.il/en/service/request_for_extension_tourisem_visa_or_visitor_visa
    - When asking for an extension for a tourist, whose entry was granted for legal proceedings, you must submit documents verifying the continuation of the proceedings beyond the originally authorized date, including summons to legal deliberations, a list of the deliberation dates, and verification of the necessity to attend.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, validity and entry rules.

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  • Exact URL https://www.gov.il/en/service/request_for_extension_tourisem_visa_or_visitor_visa checked on 2026-09-14T00:45:16.885454+00:00; outcome blocked (robots_http_403). Route-specific current facts were not established; see IL-D-20260914-001.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The required documents are a passport valid for at least six months beyond the requested stay date, a current passport photo, proof of means of support and a plane ticket, and a letter of explanation with documents proving the authenticity of the application.

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Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applicants schedule an appointment with the visa department, fill out the extension application form and submit it with the documents in person at a Population and Immigration Authority office or the nearest Israeli mission; the fee is NIS 195.

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  • https://www.gov.il/en/service/request_for_extension_tourisem_visa_or_visitor_visa
    1. [Schedule an appointment to the visa department](https://www.gov.il/en/service/schedule_meeting_visas_department). 2. [Print and fill out the Entry visa or tourist visa extension application form](https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/service/request_for_extension_tourisem_visa_or_visitor_visa/en/HaarachatRishayon.pdf), or fill it out at your appointment. 3. Submit the form and required documents in person at a [Population and Immigration Authority office](https://www.gov.il/en/departments/bureaus/?OfficeId=95b283ad-fc02-40e6-ac6f-8986acac6b86) or at your nearest [Israeli mission](http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ConsularServices/Pages/Consular_services_Israeli_nationals.aspx).
  • https://www.gov.il/en/service/request_for_extension_tourisem_visa_or_visitor_visa
    ### Service fee NIS 195

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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