After receiving a letter of acceptance for a postdoctoral position in one of Israel’s academic institutions, obtaining the relevant Israeli visa is a priority. The most common visa for international postdocs is an A/2 student visa.
Keep in mind that visa information is subject to change; contact the visa coordinator at the relevant university where you will be researching for updated regulations and instructions.
The visa coordinators in Israeli universities are listed below.
- Bar-Ilan University – Ms. Eve Berchansky; visa.intl@biu.ac.il
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Ms. Lior Rozenthal-Almoznino; here4u@bgu.ac.il
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Mr. Yehuda Hersch; intvisas@savion.huji.ac.il
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – Ms. Ayelet Katalan; acadvisitors@technion.ac.il
- Tel Aviv University – Ms. Tamar Grushka Stern; intl@tauex.tau.ac.il
- Reichman University – Ms. Shifra Yerushalmi; shifraj@runi.ac.il
- University of Haifa – Ms. Laurence Cohen Amar; claurence@univ.haifa.ac.il
- Weizmann Institute of Science – Ms. Aileen Halbershtat; aileen.halbershtat@weizmann.ac.il
In exceptional cases, you may be advised by your university’s visa coordinator to arrive on a different visa, including a B/1 work visa. If you are arriving with a partner or family members, they may need to obtain an A/4 partner and children visa.
