Arrangement of Military Status

Arrangement of Military Status

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    General Information:
    • An Israeli citizen is required to settle their army status when they reach the age of 16 years and 4 months.
    • The procedure is done via mail (e-mail or hard copies sent by regular mail). NO appointment is necessary.
    • In some cases, additional documents may be required and there may be a waiting period until responses are received from the relevant authority in the IDF (Meitav).

    Required documents: 
    • Photocopy of both parents' Israeli passports. If one or two of the parents hold an American passport of Green Card, a copy of them is required
    • Photocopy of applicant's passports (Israeli and American).
    • Application (form 7202) can be found here.
    • ​If the applicant is under 18 years of age, both parents must sign the form on the applicant's behalf. If any signature is missing, the application will be denied.​
     
    Please send documents as a PDF file to consular.dep@houston.mfa.gov.il
     
    For further information, click here.