Stage 4 of 6
Just landed
The first weeks: ID, bank, phone and health fund, plus the one window that closes at 90 days.
The essentials right now
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Sal Klita estimator
Know your absorption basket to the shekel before you count on it (single about NIS 21,694).
- Guide
Guide for the New Immigrant
Every oleh right and process in one official document, so nothing is left on the table.
- Official form
Convert a foreign driving licence
Keep driving legally and convert without re-testing, if you act inside the window.
- Guide
Disclosure rules for olim from 2026
Avoid an accidental breach: exempt from tax does not mean exempt from filing, from 2026.
- Guide
Osek patur and osek murshe explained
Register self-employment in the right status and order, with no costly rework.
- Guide
Renting without an Israeli guarantor
Rent with no Israeli guarantor, and compare the three workarounds before conceding on price.
- Guide
Supplemental health insurance and the 90-day window
Waive every supplemental-insurance waiting period by joining inside your first 90 days.
- Guide
Choosing between the four health funds
Pick the right health fund the first time, before the switching rules lock you in.
- Guide
Customs benefits and the three-shipment rule
Bring your shipment tax-exempt without splitting it and forfeiting an exemption.
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Garin Tzabar
Housing, community and lone-soldier support for serving in Israel without parents here.
- Guide
Opening an Israeli bank account
Open the account everything else waits on, with the right papers the first time.
- Guide
Moving money and converting currency
Keep the spread on a house-sale-sized transfer instead of losing it at an airport counter.