Return to israel
Essential information for your return:
Benefits for Returning Scientist to the Industry
Benefits for Returning Scientist to the Academy
Keeping in touch with Israel and with Israelis around you
Ministry of Absorption, Toshav Hozer, Customs, Tax and Bituach Leumi
- Ministry of Absorption "Coming Home" Program:
In its web site the Ministry of Absorption details all the benefits that it offers for returning Israelis that stayed abroad for more than 2 years. The main benefits include health insurance fine exemption, assistance in finding a job or financing work training for carreer change, customs benefits and more. The ministry is operating a hot line for assistance - 972-3-973-3333. You can find an article that summarizes the benefits here.
If you intend to return to Israel in the coming year we highly reccomend to contact the hot line six months in advance so you may maximize your benefits. -
Toshav Hozer benefits are given to scientists after a stay of 3 years. Click here for Misrad Haklita benefits.
- What can you bring with you with no duty? The Israeli customs benefits are listed here. All equipment not listed in list is bound to duty tax as per the following guidance. A good online store for purchasing transformers and electrical appliances compatible to Israel's broadcast and electricity requirements is here.
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Details about tax and Bituach Leumi for returning resident, written by CPA Ishay Etsion:
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Links for purchasing a car in Israel are here.
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Toshav-Hozer website includes information about: Shipment, Import, real estate.
Keep in Touch with Israel and Israelis around you
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Your Local Israeli Contacts:
- Israeli Houses Abroad and Local Professional and Social Associations
- BioAbroad Representatives
- News:
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- Israeli News Sources
- Promising Companies and Industry Overviews
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Events and Conferences
- Forums for Israelis abroad
Grants Resources - for post-docs
- Israelis Abroad Ynet - with sub forums
- Tapuz - Studying Abroad
- Tapuz - Israelis Abroad
- Returning citizens - benefits, import, shipments
- Tax
- Working visas
- Health Insurance
- Globes
- Israel21C Health
- Israel21C Technology
- BioIsrael
- IsraelHightechTV
- BioNorth News
- Hayadan
- Israel-Times
- ILSI - Israel Life Science Industry Association www.ilsi.org.il
- BioNorth - "Interactive Live Networking" of all parties involved in the fields of biotechnology, biomedical engineering and other life sciences in the north of Israel. www.bionorth.org.il
- BioJerusalem - A portal to Jerusalem's life science http://www.biojerusalem.org.il/
- The Israeli Medical Association www.ima.org.il/
Israeli Houses and Local Professional and Social Associations
- Boston
- Atlanta
- California
- Chicago
- Maryland
- New York
- Toronto
- Philadelphia
- Israeli House
- US-Israel Chamber of Commerce
- Phillisraelim - the Israeli center of greater Philadelphia
- Hakesher Haisraeli - Philadelphia Israeli supporting the Jewish community
- Texas
- Virginia
- Ohio
- Minnesota
- Florida
A link to directory of grants and fellowships for researchers in the postdoctoral stage:
between completion of a doctoral degree and acceptance of a faculty position. Some
opportunities are specifically for postdoctoral researchers in the early or late stage of this
period, while others do not specify.
