Every Israeli citizen must enter and leave Israel with an Israeli passport or travel document. The Consulate issues passports and travel documents for citizens abroad.
Please note that due to the Biometric Database Law, the Consulate may only issue regular passports and extend passports for up to 5 years. At this time, biometric passports may only be issued in Israel.
A regular passport for an adult is valid for 5 years from the date of issue. A passport cannot be extended beyond 5 years from the issue date.
The passport of a minor (18 years of age and younger) is valid for 5 years from the date of issue. A passport for a minor cannot be extended beyond 5 years from the issue date.
Note that Israeli citizens under the age of 18 must show up in person at the Consulate to issue a new passport. The minor must be accompanied by a parent.
Citizens over the age of 18 who previously had a passport of a minor must show up in person at the Consulate to issue an adult passport. The citizen may come unaccompanied.
Any other citizens over the age of 18 may renew or extend their passports either in person at the Consulate or by mail.
FOR PASSPORT RENEWAL send all the required documents by registered mail:
1. Application form: Passport Renewal
2. Two passport pictures 5*5 cm white background
3. Credit card information
4. Prepaid return envelope under your name+address
5. Current passport (you'll get back your old passport)
FOR PASSPORT EXTENSION send all the required documents by registered mail:
1. Application form: Passport extension
2. Prepaid return envelope under your name+address
3. Current passport
Note: In the following instances, an Israeli citizen may be given an alternate travel document or issued a shorter period on their passport/travel document:
1. An Israeli citizen that has not visited Israel for 5 years or more, will receive a passport with a validity dependent on the last time they visited Israel (i.e. if you have not visited Israel for 6 years, you will receive a passport for 4 years). Once the citizen has visited Israel, the passport can be extended for up to 5 years from the date of issue free of charge.
2. An Israeli citizen that has not visited Israel for 10 years or more can only receive a passport at the Consulate if they provide a paid flight ticket to Israel. If they present this flight ticket, they may receive a passport valid for one year from the date of issue. Once the citizen has visited Israel, the passport can be extended to the end of the passport's maximum validity (5 years) free of charge.
3. Israeli citizens with lost or damaged passports must appear in person at the Consulate and will be provided an alternate travel document. Note: there is a fine for this service.
4. For Israeli citizens with “Hotzaa-lapoal”, who have outstanding debts owed to the Israeli government, we are unable to provide ANY passport services. We can issue a one-time-only travel document for entry into Israel with the purchase of a direct flight into Israel.
5. Israeli citizens who declared refugee status when they entered Canada may not receive a new passport or extend their passport. They may only receive a one-way travel document to Israel, where they must sort out their status at the Ministry of Interior.
6. Minors age 14 and up may receive a passport valid only until they turn 17, pending the arrangement of their military status. After the arrangement, their passport may be extended up to five years.
7. Israeli citizens over the age of 18 who have not arranged their military status may not receive a passport until they do so.
8. Most countries regularly report to the International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol Headquarters in Lyon, France, to notify of the loss or theft of their citizens' passports. These reports automatically enter the database at international border crossings around the world.
In the event an Israeli citizen informs the Israel Police or local police of the loss of their passport, and subsequently they locate their passport, the citizen must know that their passport has already been reported to Interpol as lost and registered in the world's lost passport database. The citizen cannot use such passport and can expect to be delayed at border crossings in many countries should they attempt to use it.
In the above case, the citizen is required to obtain a new travel document at the nearest Israeli embassy or consulate.