By Amit Acco |
The Israeli Government announced earlier today that as of tomorrow midnight Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the following countries will be added to the list of ‘red’ countries due to the “rapid increase” in cases of the Omicron variant: United States, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Morocco, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Canada and Turkey.
Israel has in recent days already added nine countries to the “red” list: the UK, Denmark, France, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. South Africa and a slew of other African countries were added at the start of the month.
Under the current “red” countries regulations, there is a significant difference between Israeli nationals and non-Israeli nationals who visited red countries in the last 14 days before the travel to Israel:
- Non-Israeli citizens: are not allowed to enter Israel. No exceptions were provided to this regulation, even to those who have a B-1 Work Visa with Multiple Entry Visas. Any COVID-19 exceptional permit already provided to a foreign national for entry from any of these countries during the ban will be revoked at Midnight, Tuesday, December 21, 2021.
- Israeli Citizens: barred from traveling to these countries. Israelis who do return from these countries will be forced to enter State-Run COVID-19 Isolation Motel until their first COVID test comes back negative, but they must remain in home quarantine for seven days, even if they are fully vaccinated with a booster
Our Recommendations
Foreign national with a B-1 work visa holder that is currently in one of the newly added countries or visited those countries in the last 14 days: to consider pulling the travel for arrival to Israel until Midnight, Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Dependents with a B-2 visitor visa and multiple entry visa that is currently in one of the newly added countries or visited those countries in the last 14 days, to consider pulling the travel for arrival Midnight, Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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