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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 this

The 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 this

Open 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

United Kingdom, 2025
RankLocalityOlimShare
1Jerusalem18120.3%
2Tel Aviv-Yafo14916.7%
3Beit Shemesh9210.3%
4Netanya657.3%
5Ra'anana637.1%
6Herzliya384.3%
7Ma'alot-Tarshiha252.8%
8Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut222.5%
9Haifa171.9%
10Tel Mond171.9%
11Kiryat Gat151.7%
12Tzfat (Safed)141.6%
13Be'er Sheva121.3%

United Kingdom: 6,948 olim, 2015 to 2025

United Kingdom, 2015 to 2025 combined
RankLocalityOlimShare
1Jerusalem1,60523.1%
2Tel Aviv-Yafo1,24717.9%
3Beit Shemesh70010.1%
4Netanya5177.4%
5Ra'anana4146.0%
6Herzliya3214.6%
7Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut2012.9%
8Haifa1201.7%
9Bnei Brak891.3%
10Ramat Gan771.1%
11Ashdod721.0%
12Tel Mond681.0%
13Zichron Ya'akov570.8%
14Petach Tikva570.8%
15Modi'in Illit560.8%

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

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.