{"id":18150,"date":"2024-02-28T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=18150"},"modified":"2025-04-18T22:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:53:48","slug":"israel-visa-eta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/israel-visa-eta\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel: e-Visa and ETA officially announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli government has officially announced the launch of its <strong>e-Visa and ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) to facilitate entry for foreign tourists<\/strong> on its territory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/israel-announces-the-launch-of-its-electronic-visa-by-the-end-of-the-year\/\">This long-awaited measure will be implemented in the coming weeks.<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What are e-Visa and ETA in Israel?<\/h2>\n<p>The e-Visa is an electronic document enabling travelers to apply for authorization to enter Israel without going through embassies. The ETA, on the other hand, is a mandatory electronic travel authorization for certain visa-exempt nationalities. These two systems will <strong>considerably simplify the visa application process for foreign tourists<\/strong>who will be able to do their paperwork online in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>How will online procedures work?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Travelers wishing to visit Israel will need to complete an online application.<\/li>\n<li>They will need to enclose the required documents, such as passport, passport photo and any other supporting documents.<\/li>\n<li>After checking the documents, they will receive their e-Visa or ETA by e-mail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This system guarantees <strong>greater accessibility and simplicity for foreign travellers<\/strong>They will no longer need to go to the embassy to obtain their visa.<\/p>\n<h2>Which countries are covered by e-Visa and ETA in Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The full list of countries concerned has not yet been released.<\/span>It is expected to cover a wide range of nationalities. Nationals of certain visa-exempt countries will still need to apply for an ETA, as is already the case for US and Canadian citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.il\/he\/departments\/news\/news_evisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official announcement of e-Visa and ETA by the Israeli government<\/a> confirms the desire of migration authorities to increase ease of access to their territory. <strong>Eyal Siso<\/strong>Director General of the Population and Immigration Authority, said that this initiative represents a real \"<em>revolution<\/em>\"This new service will make it much easier for foreign travelers to plan their stay in Israel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli government has officially announced the launch of its e-Visa and ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) to facilitate the entry of foreign tourists into its territory. This long-awaited measure will be implemented in the coming weeks.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-18150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moyen-orient","tag-israel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7020202,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18150\/revisions\/7020202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}