IsraelFamily
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A foreign national who was married to an Israeli citizen and whose Israeli spouse has died.
## Foreign nationals who were married to an Israeli citizen, can use this service to regularize their legal status in Israel after the death of their Israeli spouse.
The deceased spouse must have been an Israeli citizen; the surviving foreign spouse contacts the Population and Immigration Authority office to regularise status.
If you are a foreign national and your spouse, who was an Israeli citizen has passed away, contact the [Population and Immigration Authority office](https://www.gov.il/en/departments/Bureaus?OfficeId=95b283ad-fc02-40e6-ac6f-8986acac6b86) to regularize your status.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence needed to prove the family relationship.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance requirements.
Foreign nationals whose status was granted through the spousal relationship are sent, by registered post, an appointment for an interview at a Population and Immigration Authority office to assess regularisation of their status; the interview takes place within 45 days of the notification of death. If the spousal relationship was terminated and the graduated procedure was stopped after the death, the application is forwarded to the inter-ministerial committee for granting status on humanitarian grounds; if the procedure was stopped in other circumstances with special humanitarian reasons (e.g. the spouse died on active military duty), it is reviewed on its merits as an exception. The official source does not state the resulting status, its duration or the rights it gives.
Foreign nationals whose status was granted by virtue of a spousal relationship with an Israeli citizen will be sent an appointment to attend an interview at a [Population and Immigration Authority office](https://www.gov.il/en/departments/Bureaus?OfficeId=95b283ad-fc02-40e6-ac6f-8986acac6b86) in order to assess regularization of their legal status in Israel, by registered post. The interview will take place within 45 days of the notification of death.
- If the spousal relationship was terminated, and the graduated procedure for status was stopped, after the death of the Israeli spouse, the application for status for the foreign national spouse will be forwarded to the inter-ministerial committee for granting a status on humanitarian grounds. - If the graduated procedure was stopped under other circumstances, and there are other special humanitarian reasons to be considered, for example, the spouse died while in active military duty, the application will be reviewed on its merits as an exception.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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