American born kids to israeli citizen parent

amother

OP ↓

Yesterday at 5:46 pm

Looking to speak to someone who is an israeli citizen (or israeli spouse) who already sent their american born child to israel for the year in yeshiva or seminary. What was your experience with the student visa? Did you have to register your kid as an israeli citizen and apply for ben mehagrim status or can the whole thing be avoided? (I already spoke with chaim vchessed. Just wanna hear other ppl experiences)

amother

Dustypink

Yesterday at 7:52 pm

We attempted to register our kids at the consulate years before seminary/yeshiva came up but gave up. In any event, my daughter went to seminary and came back without any issues, and took return trips back as well. I don’t think there’s any rhyme or reason to who has issues with it or not. I might attempt registering and renouncing citizenship for my boys since boys raise more issues with the army and they sometimes stay longer.

Adding that my Israeli-born husband has ben mehagrim status, and he had to time his zmanim learning in EY carefully so as not to trip his status.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 8:44 pm

Thanks for your response! Are you in the israeli system as well? Like do they know youre married to your husband/gave birth in israel etc? If not, maybe thats why your daughter didnt have any issues? I lived in israel and gave birth to my oldest there (who is now has ben mehagrim status) Im afraid all my kids are going to have to go that route but I really rather not…

amother

Orange

Yesterday at 11:22 pm

amother Dustypink wrote:

Adding that my Israeli-born husband has ben mehagrim status, and he had to time his zmanim learning in EY carefully so as not to trip his status.

Thats why you didn't have an issue. If it's the father they don't care.

My mother was born in Israel and then moved to america at 2 yo and never returned. I'm the oldest in my family and the oldest grandchild so no one realized that my mother was even still a citizen. They denied my application for a visa and told me I need to register as a citizen, yada yada. My mother needed to go down to the embassy, etc etc. This was during covid and there were no appts, so when I came back to AMerica at the end of the yr it was put on the back burner. Then of course I got married bh and moved to Israel, and then that really complicated things. CVC was verrrry helpful! Lmaaseh we ended up going to the embassy in my hometown instead of Misrad Hapnim since my mother had started the process there and all her documents were still with her. (we moved at the end of august and by the time all documents were sorted out it was February. We couldnt find anyone to send them with to EY so we just waited until we came for Pesach.) Then after pesach we came back to Israel and went to Misrad hapnim to finish the process.

Be warned that you need about 700 documents. We brought any and all documents even remotely related to us in a looseleaf, each one in a sheet protector. I think we needed every single one plus more.

Also-by me they realized because on my birth certificate it says birthplace of mother-jerusalem. If it doesnt say that on your kids' birth certificate then could be they won't chap.

blue1234

Today at 6:00 am

So theres a good chance they wont even realize bec Im the American. My husband is the israeli citizen and left israel when he was a baby but he had plenty of army issues when he went back for yeshiva. According to CVC, you need both parents passport information for a student visa. Thats what Im worried about.