West Bank Volunteer Permit

A. "**Volunteer permit** –

to employ a foreign worker who is willing to volunteer

Intended to enable welfare organizations, health organizations, nonprofits, religious institutions, and other philanthropic bodies (hereafter, the "host organization")

1) As a rule, an application for a permit covering a volunteer shall be submitted to COGAT on behalf of the host organization while the volunteering foreigner is abroad. The foreigner shall enter the Area only after the application has been approved by the authorized COGAT official.

4) The host organization (which will be fielding the volunteer) must fill out a written undertaking assuming responsibility for the Invitee's departure through one of the border crossings at the end of the permit's term.

1) The entry permit application form must be submitted at least 60 days in advance, together with an official invitation from the Palestinian Authority. 2) A form requesting the permit, including a questionnaire covering curriculum vitae and any family or spousal connections in the Area, and a declaration of the rationale for the application to volunteer. In the application, the Inviter shall stipulate whether the volunteer has visited the Judea and Samaria area in the past, and where, for how long, and for what purpose the volunteering will take place.

7) It is the Inviter's responsibility to attach verified certification from the authorized authorities in the volunteer's country of origin, translated into English, Arabic, or Hebrew, that the volunteer has no criminal record.

in return for no pay, but only pocket money, sleeping quarters, or enrichment studies and expenses (hereafter, a "volunteer").

6) A declaration from the Inviter that the Invitee is not salaried. As a rule, a scholarship covering living expenses up to a ceiling equivalent to 9,000 dollars per year shall not be considered salary.

3) This category of permit does not allow employment.

2) The period of volunteering under this section shall not exceed a continuous term of 12 months. A volunteer whose period of volunteering has ended may return to volunteer in the Area only after a year has passed since the expiration day of the volunteer permit, and subject to submitting a new application that will be assessed on its own merits. The authorized COGAT official may approve an exception to that term, for one year at most, in exceptional cases and on special grounds that must be documented.

4) If a volunteer is interested in transferring from one host organization to another within the Judea and Samaria area, then the new organization must submit a new application to the COGAT center for inquiries from foreigners in accordance with the guidelines stipulated for volunteer permits under this procedure. It must be emphasized that in no case may the cumulative period of the volunteer's residence in the Area exceed 12 months.