Guided Aliyah Name of Applicant Surname, First Name Preferred Aliyah Month: City of Residence City City of Origin City, Country Month Year Email Address Financial Aid & Aliyah Services Application Place photo here Units: Date Received: For Internal Use Only GFA_0411016_UK 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 Absorption - Klita The costs associated with pilot trips, finding a home, Our Absorption Department is ready to assist Olim with and purchasing and shipping household appliances and questions regarding Oleh benefits, government processing, furnishings can be challenging. Often it takes several years or any other aspect of their absorption. The answers to to earn and save enough funds necessary for the move. many frequently asked questions about Aliyah and benefits For a family, by the time the requisite amount is saved, the can be found on our website (see below). children are invariably at an age that makes a move difficult socially, linguistically and educationally. Guidance and Community Resources To obviate these fiscal obstacles, Nefesh B’Nefesh Our Guidance and Community Resources Department provides financial aid to each eligible individual or provides guidance or referrals in matters of education, family to enable them to make their dream of Aliyah community, summer programs, ulpanim and physical or a reality. All financial aid provided to each Aliyah mental health. It also assigns buddy families to help Olim candidate will be vested three years after Aliyah. If in the inital stages of their klita. the candidate emigrates from Israel within three years, Online Resources the candidate will be obligated to return the financial aid NBN Website: We are constantly updating our website (grant) to Nefesh B’Nefesh. with Aliyah resources, contacts and useful information Pre-Aliyah and links. Find us at www.nbn.org.il Our Pre-Aliyah Department assists Olim in all areas NBN Yahoo Group: We have set up a Yahoo of their Aliyah planning. Our expert Pre-Aliyah staff discussion group for our applicants and veteran Olim answer all questions regarding the Aliyah process. This for exchanging advice, contacts and community department is also responsible for grant allocations and information. To sign up, email for overseeing the application review process. [email protected] Employment NBN Singles Yahoo Group: There is a unique Yahoo Our Employment Department helps Olim who are seeking group specifically for Single Olim: To sign up, email: assistance in finding employment, job retraining, career [email protected] development, or professional mentoring. Eligibility for Financial Aid 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 aid must be passport holders of • Both singles and families are eligible for financial either the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. assistance. • Financial aid is awarded to individuals or families • Applicants must NOT have made Aliyah previously. based on financial need. Applicants who are assessed • Grants will only be awarded to applicants who have as having sufficient funds for Aliyah will not be been approved for Aliyah by the Misrad Hapnim, and awarded financial assistance. If you are unsure as to provide copies of their Teudat Zehut and Teudat Oleh. whether or not you qualify for financial assistance, please feel free to contact our Executive Director, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, directly via email ([email protected]. Please Note: Nefesh B’Nefesh funding is only il) before starting the application process. available to those applicants who have resided in Israel for less than 5 years. Eligibility for Guided Aliyah Before applying for Guided Aliyah please read the following guidelines to confirm that you are eligible to participate in the Guided Aliyah program. Applicants must be citizens of the United Kingdom If you converted to Judaism in the United Kingdom: and hold valid passports from the UK. Misrad Hapnim policy requires that you must reside in the community in which you converted for a period of at least If you have: one year before being eligible to make Aliyah. • Served in Machal If you are applying for Aliyah with a newborn child • Converted to Judaism in Israel recently born in Israel (who was not registered as an Israeli • An Israeli passport or were born abroad citizen at the time of their birth) you will have to have a to an Israeli parent US, Canadian or UK passport issued for that child before submitting your application. • A birth certificate from the former Soviet Union or Eastern Bloc If your spouse is an Israeli citizen, and you have children • Renounced Israeli citizenship at any time in the past born abroad, please contact our Absorption Department in order to clarify whether or not your children are considered • Previously been convicted of a crime Israeli citizens and to determine if they are eligible to Misrad Hapnim guidelines dictate that you CANNOT be participate in the Guided Aliyah program. processed through the Guided Aliyah program. In order to apply for Nefesh B’Nefesh assistance, please download and submit an Aliyah via Misrad Hapnim application and contact your local branch of Misrad Hapnim to schedule an appointment to begin the Aliyah process. Application Instructions (Page 1 of 2) Do not submit your application until all of the following steps are complete. Please allow 10 weeks for processing. Please make sure to have all original documents in your possession by the time you submit your application. Misrad Hapnim Material Teudat Yosher Please complete the enclosed material from Misrad The Ministry of Interior requires that all Aliyah applicants Hapnim (Israeli Ministry of Interior). These forms MUST age 16 and over obtain a Letter of Good Standing be filled out by all family members age 16 and over making (Teudat Yosher) from the authorities in their country of Aliyah. Please photocopy this section as necessary. origin (issued by the country/county/provincial police) “Application for Oleh status” form needs to be filled out certifying that the applicant has no criminal background. for each family member making Aliyah. Apostille certification (also called a chain of signatures or legalisation) must be affixed to the original Letter of Application Good Standing. Guided Aliyah applicants who are unable Please submit your original application and copies of all to obtain this documentation may submit a declaration requested documents. Please retain an additional copy of all signed in the presence of an Israeli lawyer in lieu of the paperwork for yourself. police record. Please find the declaration form attached to the back of this application. Financial Affidavit Complete the financial affidavit (included in application) Passport Photocopies Also, your (the applicant’s) signature is required in order to Please submit a copy of the main page of your US or process the application. Canadian passport (the page which includes your picture) and that of everyone in the family who is making Photo Aliyah. Please include photocopies of all pages indicating Enclose a recent colour photo of all individuals making applicable date extensions, and/or name changes. Your Aliyah. Families: Enclose one picture which includes all passport must be valid for at least six months from your family members together. Singles: Enclose a photo of the projected date of Aliyah. applicant only. Passport Photos Application Fee Please include two official and identical passport Application must be accompanied by a cheque(made photos of each family member age 16 and over who is payable to Nefesh B’Nefesh) or cash payment in the making Aliyah. The photos should be in colour, 35 mm amount of 100.00 NIS. wide by 45 mm high, front view, ears showing, and on a Please Note: The application fee is non-refundable. blue or white background. Please print the full name of each Oleh on the back of each photo. Birth Certificates 35 mm Please submit copies of the official birth certificates (NOT a Consular Report of Birth Abroad) for all family members making Aliyah. The birth certificate must list your parents’ names. If the birth certificate is not in English or Hebrew, Head dimensions please submit a notarised translation into English or 45 mm 25 mm wide Hebrew with a copy of the birth certificate. 35 mm high Ce rtificate of Marital Status Please submit a copy of relevant documentation according 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 submitted with accompanying apostille certification. If the marital status certificate is not in English or Hebrew, please submit a copy of a notarised translation into English or Application Instructions continued Hebrew with a copy of the marital status certificate. on the next page [ Please make sure to have all original documents in your possession by the time you submit your application. PLEASE NOTE: Misrad Hapnim reserves the right to ask for additional documents. Application Instructions (Page 2 of 2) Do not submit your application until all of the following steps are complete. Please allow 10 weeks for processing. Acceptable Proof of Judaism For Parents of Minor Children Please submit a copy of one of the following: • If you are making Split Aliyah (where one spouse makes 1) Signed letter from a Rabbi from a recognised congregation Aliyah and one does not), Misrad Hapnim requires a in the U.K.