Student Visa

[jd778877]

To all americans studying in Israel,

How long did it take you to get your student visa once you put in the application?

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[wiscobadger]

the school did it for us

To all americans studying in Israel,

How long did it take you to get your student visa once you put in the application?

 

[jd778877]

The information I was trying to get at was how long I will have to part with my passport in order to have the student visa put into it

 

[ijcMD]

The information I was trying to get at was how long I will have to part with my passport in order to have the student visa put into it

maybe for about a week... it costs around ~300 NIS and lasts for one year... it's cheaper to do it in the states (maybe only around $25), but it's more convenient and easier to have the school do it for you in Israel

 

[ijcMD]

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[jd778877]

does that mean I can just arrive and go to the school on a tourist visa?

 

[wiscobadger]

your tourist visa is valid for 3 months after entry...and you'll get your student visa within the first month

make sure you have clear pages tho...the visa takes up 2 full pages

does that mean I can just arrive and go to the school on a tourist visa?

 

[ijcMD]

does that mean I can just arrive and go to the school on a tourist visa?

YES

 

[chiplambert]

I didn't even know that a tourist visa is required. Was that in the FYI packet? How do you go about getting one?

 

[wiscobadger]

the stamp you get in your passport when you go to most countries is a tourist visa

I didn't even know that a tourist visa is required. Was that in the FYI packet? How do you go about getting one?

 

[Candlestick Man]

For those who decided to get the sudent visa while still in the US, did you need the round-trip ticket itenery and bank statement?

 

[Candlestick Man]

Darn I am an idiot. To answer my own question you do indeed need a round trip ticket (but don't need a bank statement).

To those who got a tourist visa in Israel - do you need to present a return flight ticket to get the stamp when you get therel?

thanks

 

[wiscobadger]

stop worrying about visas!...the school takes care of it for you...and everyone coming into israel with a foreign passport gets a stamp...that stamp lets you stay in israel 3 months which is plenty of time since you get your student visas in september