Contents 1 Web 2 Passports at the Airport 3 Phone 4 Efrat 5 Gilo 6 Other locations 7 Registering a Home Birth

WebEdit

Misrad Hapnim (Interior Ministry) has an extensive web site where you can fill out forms for mailing.

http://www.pnim.gov.il/ http://forms.gov.il/globalData/GetSequence/getsequence.aspx?formType=dr1@moin.gov.il

Passports at the AirportEdit

If you discover at the last minute (within 24 hours of your flight) your Israeli passport is expired you can get it renewed at the Ben Gurion airport office 24 hours a day. (Ynet claims we are the only country with this service). Of course it will cost you extra.

Bring your old passport and 2 new passport pictures. For a child at least one parent needs to be present, but best to bring both parents' Teudat Zehut.

The cost for children in 500 nis and for adults 1000 nis.

The office is on floor 2 on the right hand side at the end.

When I went yesterday, it took us 10 minutes to get a brand new passport for our son including waiting for the people in front of us. We were impressed!

See more on the web at (it only works in IE) not very clear http://www.pnim.gov.il/

PhoneEdit

You can do lots of things on the phone. The number in Jerusalem is 02-6290228. The best times to call are S,M,T,Th 12:30-15:00.

The national information number of Misrad HaPnim is *3450 from any phone, or 1-222-3450. The hours of this service are 08:00-16:00.

EfratEdit

Misrad Hapnim (Interior Ministry) has hours across from the Moetza offices in the Te'ena Commercial Center.

• Phone number: 993 9344
• Monday 16:00-18:00
• Friday 9:00-11:00
• Page on Moetza site

The Efrat branch accepts CASH ONLY, and only deals with Israeli citizen's services (no visas). Also, they do not deal with stolen or lost passports or teudot zehut (ID cards). There is a new service offered by the Misrad HaPnim to speed up time processing passports and which saves money. You can apply on-line for a passport by going to the Misrad HaPnim web-site. Follow the directions and you can save 30 shekels in the summer months and 80 shekels in the winter months for an adult 10-year passport. You can pay with a credit card on-line, which you cannot do at the office. You still need a trip to the office to hand-in your photos and paper-work, but in theory you will not have to wait on the line there. Adult passports cost 250 shekels, cash only, in the office; 220 shekels if paid on-line with a credit card from February until October, and 170 shekels from November through January. (Check the exact dates the prices change at the web-site.)

GiloEdit

As of 1 July 2010, the Gilo office of Misrad Hapnim will only accept residents of Gilo, Har Choma, Talpiot, Armon Hanatziv, Ramat Rachel & Baka.

Other locationsEdit

Nefesh B'Nefesh has a site in English will times for all offices:

http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/government-offices/office-locations/908-misrad-hapnim-ministry-of-the-interior-branches.html

The official site for Misrad Hapinim http://www.pnim.gov.il/ which contains infomation about all services and offices. The site is in Hebrew.

Registering a Home BirthEdit

If you want a copy of the new form to register homebirth, write to judyslome at hotmail dot com.