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B/4 Volunteer Visa — welfare, health, religious, kibbutz, moshav, philanthropic or IDF host

IsraelCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The route covers foreign volunteers invited by organisations engaged in welfare or health, religious institutes, kibbutzes, cooperative settlements (moshavim), philanthropic institutes or the IDF.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not describe the specific tasks or roles a volunteer may perform.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The inviting body must be one of: an organisation engaged in welfare or health; a religious institute; a kibbutz; a cooperative settlement (moshav); a philanthropic institute; or the IDF. The inviting body must give a letter of commitment that it is responsible for the volunteer's departure from Israel at the end of the permit period.

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What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Required: passport valid 6 months beyond the intended stay; letter of commitment from the inviting body; a doctor's medical report that the volunteer is healthy; a commitment that the volunteer will have health insurance; an original police certificate of good standing from the country of origin, notarially translated into Hebrew (unless in Arabic or English) and authenticated (apostille where applicable); if more than 5 volunteers are invited together, a list with each volunteer's details and a letter of invitation from the inviting body for each invited volunteer.

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  • https://www.gov.il/en/service/volunteers_invitation_and_permit_extension
    - A current passport photo of the volunteers passport, valid for 6 months beyond the intended stay period. - A letter of commitment from the inviting body stating that they are responsible for the volunteer’s departure from Israel at the end of the permit period. - A doctor’s medical health report stating that the volunteer is healthy. - A commitment that the volunteer will have health insurance during their stay. - An original Letter of Good Standing (police criminal record check) document from the country of origin -  it must be translated by a notary to Hebrew (unless it is in Arabic or English) and must be officially authenticated: - If the certificate was issued by a government body or other official body in countries who are members of The Hague convention it must have an apostille stamp. - For certificates without an apostille stamp, contact the nearest Israeli mission in the country where the certificate was issued for instructions. - If more than 5 volunteers are being invited together, you must submit a list of volunteers including the following details for each volunteer: - Passport number. - Passport expiration date. - Full name. - Date of birth. - Nationality. - Date of arrival. - Father’s name. - Previous visits to Israel. - A letter of invitation from the inviting body for each invited volunteer.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether pay, pocket money, accommodation or other work is allowed.

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Limits of the record
  • Exact URL https://www.gov.il/en/service/volunteers_invitation_and_permit_extension checked on 2026-09-14T00:45:26.486015+00:00; outcome blocked (robots_http_403). Route-specific current facts were not established; see IL-D-20260914-001.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The inviting organisation uses the same service to extend the volunteer's stay permit; the application is submitted in person, with the required documents, at the local Population and Information office or the local Israeli mission. The official source does not state the maximum length of stay, whether the host or activity can be changed, or whether family members may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • Maximum length of stay not stated.
  • Change of host/activity not stated.
  • Family accompaniment not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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