Stage 5 of 6
Integrating
The first year: home, work, Hebrew, schools and community, and the deadlines that quietly cost money.
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).
- Official form
Convert a foreign driving licence
Keep driving legally and convert without re-testing, if you act inside the window.
- Official form
Foreign degree evaluation
A recognised degree, which sets your public-sector rank and starting salary.
- Guide
Hebrew proficiency for foreign-educated nurses
Keep your nursing licence past the three-year Hebrew rule most nurses underestimate.
- Guide
Admission routes for foreign lawyers
Practise here without full requalification, on the route your years abroad qualify you for.
- Guide
Disclosure rules for olim from 2026
Avoid an accidental breach: exempt from tax does not mean exempt from filing, from 2026.
- Guide
Purchase tax (mas rechisha) explained
The oleh purchase-tax break: nothing on the first NIS 2M, then 0.5% up to NIS 6M.
- Guide
Osek patur and osek murshe explained
Register self-employment in the right status and order, with no costly rework.
- Guide
Mortgages for olim
The higher loan-to-value olim can access, and how foreign income is counted.
- Guide
Renting without an Israeli guarantor
Rent with no Israeli guarantor, and compare the three workarounds before conceding on price.
- Guide
Moving money and converting currency
Keep the spread on a house-sale-sized transfer instead of losing it at an airport counter.
- Guide
Choosing an Israeli credit card
Avoid the default card the bank offers you and the fees that come with it.