> Citizenship is typically granted 3 months after arrival; you can fill out a simple form to waive this waiting period, however. I think it’s not the case, because you receive an internal ID of a citizen immediately after a document check, but they only give you a passport you can use for visas after 3 months (which you can also spend outside the country). Waiving the waiting period is possible in 2022, but you have to be smart about it and go to exactly the right place to do it (because many local governments are against it).
> Israel has mandatory conscription into its military if you are under 28 years old and residing in the country. No, for people receiving a citizenship it’s under 22 and not under 28.
> Israel has worldwide taxation I don’t think so? It only taxes you if you are considered to be residing in Israel. There may have some recent (2021-2022) exceptions related to social security, but the amount of tax there is very small.
More cons: - you are prohibited from entering some countries by Israel. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Palestine areas, etc. - if you don’t live in Israel, you still have a citizenship but it’s sort of crippled—you can’t vote, you can only get a more restricted type of passport, you don’t have a way to quickly restore access to the medical system
> A monthly payment for a number of years if you reside in Israel (I think for a single individual this was about $300 a month) I think the base pay currently is around $900/mo for 6 months. It recently started to be ~doubled to $1800 for a very significant share of people making aliyah, counting all bonuses, but this may not be applicable to everyone and they may remove these additional bonuses from July.
An update on Israel:
> Citizenship is typically granted 3 months after arrival; you can fill out a simple form to waive this waiting period, however.
I think it’s not the case, because you receive an internal ID of a citizen immediately after a document check, but they only give you a passport you can use for visas after 3 months (which you can also spend outside the country).
Waiving the waiting period is possible in 2022, but you have to be smart about it and go to exactly the right place to do it (because many local governments are against it).
> Israel has mandatory conscription into its military if you are under 28 years old and residing in the country.
No, for people receiving a citizenship it’s under 22 and not under 28.
> Israel has worldwide taxation
I don’t think so? It only taxes you if you are considered to be residing in Israel. There may have some recent (2021-2022) exceptions related to social security, but the amount of tax there is very small.
More cons:
- you are prohibited from entering some countries by Israel. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Palestine areas, etc.
- if you don’t live in Israel, you still have a citizenship but it’s sort of crippled—you can’t vote, you can only get a more restricted type of passport, you don’t have a way to quickly restore access to the medical system
> A monthly payment for a number of years if you reside in Israel (I think for a single individual this was about $300 a month)
I think the base pay currently is around $900/mo for 6 months. It recently started to be ~doubled to $1800 for a very significant share of people making aliyah, counting all bonuses, but this may not be applicable to everyone and they may remove these additional bonuses from July.