Aliyah from
The United Kingdom
British citizens and residents making aliyah from the UK
The same rabbi-letter proof standard as North America, but run through the Jewish Agency’s UK office rather than Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Who decides your eligibility
UK aliyah runs primarily through the Jewish Agency’s Aliyah UK office. Nefesh B’Nefesh works closely with the Jewish Agency on UK cases, but its flights serve North Americans, and UK applicants are told directly to contact the Jewish Agency.
Proving you qualify
The same standard as North America: a letter from a recognised rabbi confirming your Jewish status, on letterhead and signed in ink, with supporting civil documents for patrilineal or convert cases.
Documents, apostille and translation
Confirm thisThe same civil-document set as North America: passport, apostilled long-form birth certificate, apostilled civil marriage certificate, criminal record check and photos, with translation for anything not in English, French, Russian or Hebrew. The UK is a Hague Apostille member, so apostilles are the route.
The UK document list is corroborated from a UK aliyah guide alongside the Jewish Agency redirect; confirm the current dossier directly with Aliyah UK.
The pipeline and timeline
Confirm thisOpen a file with the Jewish Agency’s UK office, attend an interview, and obtain your visa through the Israeli embassy in London. Flights and logistics are arranged separately rather than through the Nefesh B’Nefesh charter system.
Process detail here is from a third-party UK guide corroborated by the official NBN redirect; verify current steps with Aliyah UK.
Where these olim were first registered
From the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration open records: the first locality registered on arrival, not where people live now. Localities with fewer than 11 olim from a group are left out.
United Kingdom
2025: 892 olim
| Rank | Locality | Olim | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerusalem | 181 | 20.3% |
| 2 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 149 | 16.7% |
| 3 | Beit Shemesh | 92 | 10.3% |
| 4 | Netanya | 65 | 7.3% |
| 5 | Ra'anana | 63 | 7.1% |
| 6 | Herzliya | 38 | 4.3% |
| 7 | Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 25 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | 22 | 2.5% |
| 9 | Haifa | 17 | 1.9% |
| 10 | Tel Mond | 17 | 1.9% |
| 11 | Kiryat Gat | 15 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Tzfat (Safed) | 14 | 1.6% |
| 13 | Be'er Sheva | 12 | 1.3% |
United Kingdom: 6,948 olim, 2015 to 2025
| Rank | Locality | Olim | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerusalem | 1,605 | 23.1% |
| 2 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 1,247 | 17.9% |
| 3 | Beit Shemesh | 700 | 10.1% |
| 4 | Netanya | 517 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Ra'anana | 414 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Herzliya | 321 | 4.6% |
| 7 | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | 201 | 2.9% |
| 8 | Haifa | 120 | 1.7% |
| 9 | Bnei Brak | 89 | 1.3% |
| 10 | Ramat Gan | 77 | 1.1% |
| 11 | Ashdod | 72 | 1.0% |
| 12 | Tel Mond | 68 | 1.0% |
| 13 | Zichron Ya'akov | 57 | 0.8% |
| 14 | Petach Tikva | 57 | 0.8% |
| 15 | Modi'in Illit | 56 | 0.8% |
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, data.gov.il. Checked 2026-10-15. Next review due 2027-01-13. See where olim land, 2015 to 2025
Who to go to
- The Jewish Agency aliyah process
The official seven-step aliyah process and a multilingual hotline, at no cost.
Checked 2026-08-05. Eligibility rules are high-stakes and can change, so confirm the specifics against the official source before you act. See the sources.
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