Name of Applicant: Estimated Aliyah Date _______/_______ Last Name, First Name month year City of Residence: City, State Email Address: Financial Aid, Services & Aliyah Processing Application Place photo here Units: Date Received: For Internal In cooperation with Use Only For questions related to your Aliyah, please FA_022411 call Nefesh B’Nefesh at 1-866-4-ALIYAH. Nefesh B'Nefesh Services Nefesh B'Nefesh aims to ease the financial burden associated with Aliyah by providing a financial buffer for Olim and helping supplement the requisite relocation expenses, thereby alleviating the somewhat prohibitive costs of Aliyah. We provide support to our Olim both before and after their Aliyah for employment, social services and government assistance, in order to help make their Aliyah as seamless and successful as possible. Below is a brief description of the services and resources available to Olim. Financial Government Advocacy & Guidance The costs associated with pilot trips, finding a home, Our Government Advocacy & Guidance Department and purchasing and shipping household appliances and is ready to assist Olim with questions regarding Oleh furnishings can be challenging. Often it takes several years benefits, government processing, and any other aspect of to earn and save enough funds necessary for the move. For a their absorption. The answers to many frequently asked family, by the time the requisite amount is saved, the children questions about Aliyah and benefits can be found on our are invariably at an age that makes a move difficult socially, website (see below). linguistically and educationally. To obviate these fiscal obstacles, Nefesh B'Nefesh provides Absorption and Integration financial assistance to each eligible individual or family to Our Absorption and Integration Department provides enable them to make their dream of Aliyah a reality. All guidance or referrals in matters of social adjustment, ulpanim financial assistance provided to each Aliyah candidate will and physical or mental health. It also assigns buddy families be vested three years after Aliyah. If the candidate emigrates to help Olim in the inital stages of their klita. from Israel within three years, the candidate will be obligated NBN Go North Program to return the financial assistance (grant) to Nefesh B'Nefesh. Join the new NBN initiative to make Aliyah to Northern Aliyah Flights Israel. Move to one of five pre-selected communities along NBN Olim fly to Israel together on charter or group Aliyah with a Garin (seed group) of other Olim. You will receive flights. Charter flights refer to those flights exclusively comprehensive, onsite absorption support, coordinated by a chartered for Nefesh B’Nefesh Olim, while group flights refer Nefesh B’Nefesh staff member who lives in that community. to a reserved block of seats on a regularly scheduled EL AL Alternatively, you may choose to live in another northern flight. Making Aliyah together with hundreds of fellow Olim community, of your choice, and benefit as well from a wide not only provides an inspiring and emotional experience, array of special programs. See www.gonorth.org.il for but also facilitates more efficient government processing. program details. Officials from The Ministry of the Interior (Misrad Hapnim) Online Resources are on board processing paperwork, saving Olim the trip to government offices upon their arrival. Individual flights are NBN Website: We are constantly updating our website also available. with Aliyah resources, contacts and useful information and links. Find us at: www.nbn.org.il Pre-Aliyah Our Pre-Aliyah Department assists Olim in all areas of NBN Yahoo Group: We have set up a Yahoo discussion their Aliyah planning. Our expert Pre-Aliyah staff answer group for our applicants and veteran Olim for exchanging all questions regarding Aliyah such as starting the Aliyah advice, contacts and community information. To sign up, application process, planning a pilot trip, and choosing schools email: [email protected] and communities. This department is also responsible for grant NBN Singles Yahoo Group: There is a unique Yahoo allocations and for overseeing the application review process. group specifically for Single Olim: To sign up, email: Employment [email protected] Our Employment Department helps Olim who are seeking Social Media: For a full listing of resources including assistance in finding employment, job retraining, career Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, see our website: development, or professional mentoring. www.nbn.org.il Eligibility for Financial Assistance Please note that Nefesh B'Nefesh may at any time change the terms and conditions for Financial Eligibility. Please check our website regularly for any changes. Please also note that all financial records are kept in utmost confidentiality. • Applicants for financial assistance must be residents of • Applicants must NOT have made Aliyah previously. either the United States or of Canada. • Individuals who already reside in Israel on tourist, A1, or • Financial assistance is awarded to individuals or families student visas are eligible for financial assistance, providing they based on financial need. Applicants who are assessed as have started the Aliyah application process with the Jewish having sufficient funds for Aliyah will not be awarded Agency. financial assistance. If you are unsure as to whether or not you qualify for financial assistance, please feel free • Grants will only be awarded to applicants who have been to contact our Executive Director, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, approved for Aliyah by the Jewish Agency. directly via email ([email protected]) before starting the • Applicants must have had prior experience in Israel. application process. (Preferably a pilot trip within two years prior to intended • Both singles and families are eligible for financial assistance. Aliyah date.) Application Instructions: Nefesh B’Nefesh Financial Aid & Aliyah Services and Jewish Agency Aliyah Processing Please do not submit your application until completing all the following steps. Application Passport Photos Please submit your original application and copies of all Please include three official and identical passport requested documents. Please retain an additional copy of all photos of each family member age 16 and above who paperwork for yourself. is making Aliyah. The photos should be in color, 35 mm wide by 45 mm high, front view, ears showing, and on a Ap plication Fee blue or white background. Please print the full name of Application must be accompanied by a check or money each Oleh on the back of each photo. order made payable to Nefesh B’Nefesh. Money orders must be payable in US Dollars only. Single: $50 USD ($60 35 mm CAD); Couple or family: $100 USD ($120 CAD). If you plan to make Aliyah through Misrad Hapnim (Ministry of Interior), the fee is 100 NIS. Please Note: The application fee is non-refundable. Head dimensions Fi nancial Affidavit 45 mm 25 mm wide Complete the financial affidavit (included in application) Also, your (the applicant’s) signature is required in order to 35 mm high process the application. Birth Certificates Please submit copies of the birth certificates of all family members making Aliyah. The birth certificate must list your parents’ names. If you have an Israeli passport, there is no need for you to submit a copy of your birth certificate with your Pa ssport Photocopies Please submit a copy of the main page of your passport application. If the birth certificate is not in English or Hebrew, (which includes your picture) and that of everyone in the family please submit a copy of a notarized translation into English or who is making Aliyah. Please include photocopies of all pages Hebrew with a copy of the birth certificate. indicating applicable date extensions, and/or name changes. Ce rtificate of Marital Status (If you have an Israeli passport, please submit a copy of your Please submit a copy of relevant documentation according Israeli passport in addition to your US/Canadian passport) to your marital status, i.e.: civil marriage certificate, divorce certificate, or death certificate of spouse. All civil documentation issued after September 1, 1988 must be Important! submitted with accompanying apostille certification. If the Note: If one or both of your parents held Israeli marital status certificate is not in English or Hebrew, please citizenship at the time of your birth, you are considered submit a copy of a notarized translation into English or by the State of Israel to be an Israeli citizen and Hebrew with a copy of the marital status certificate. therefore must issue an Israeli passport and submit a copy of your Israeli passport to Nefesh B'Nefesh in Ph oto addition to your US/Canadian passport. Enclose a recent color photo of all individuals making Aliyah. Families: Enclose one picture which includes Note: Your US/Canadian passport must NOT expire all family members together. Singles: Enclose a photo for at least six months from your date of Aliyah. of the applicant only. Supporting Statement Please include any pertinent information that you believe Application Instructions continued on the next page will enhance your candidacy. [ Le tter of Recommendation Please include one letter of recommendation, preferably from a community leader (non-relative). Please note: Due to periodic updates, there may be more recent versions of this application available. We ask that you please download and submit the most recent version from our website: www.nbn.org.il Application Instructions: Nefesh B’Nefesh Financial Aid & Aliyah Services and Jewish Agency Aliyah Processing (continued) Please do not submit your application until completing all the following steps. Acceptable Proof of Judaism Jewish Agency Aliyah Processing Forms Please submit a copy of one of the following: 1) Signed letter in English or Hebrew from a recognized Entry/Exit Form Rabbi in North America on official synagogue letterhead, (found at the end of this application) Please photocopy and complete an Entry/Exit Form for which states the following: each family member age 17 and above.