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Israel — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Israel?

The Israel passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 171 destinations, ranking it #53 globally.

Law of Return (Jewish descent).

Citizenship by descent

Israel applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Israel generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Israel passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — ETA United States of America — ETA Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — Visa on arrival Indonesia — e-Visa Argentina — Visa-free Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa-free Lesotho — Visa-free Mexico — Visa-free Uruguay — Visa-free Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — Visa-free Peru — Visa-free Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa-free Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa-free Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — Visa-free Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa-free Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa-free Mozambique — Visa-free eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — Home country Lebanon — No admission Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — No admission Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — e-Visa Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — e-Visa Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — Visa-free Mongolia — Visa-free India — e-Visa Bangladesh — No admission Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — No admission Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa on arrival Kyrgyzstan — Visa-free Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — No admission Syria — No admission Armenia — Visa on arrival Sweden — Visa-free Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — Visa-free Poland — Visa-free Austria — Visa-free Hungary — Visa-free Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa-free Lithuania — Visa-free Latvia — Visa-free Estonia — Visa-free Germany — Visa-free Bulgaria — Visa-free Greece — Visa-free Turkey — Visa-free Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa-free Switzerland — Visa-free Luxembourg — Visa-free Belgium — Visa-free Netherlands — Visa-free Portugal — Visa-free Spain — Visa-free Ireland — Visa-free New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa on arrival New Zealand — ETA Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa-free Denmark — Visa-free United Kingdom — ETA Iceland — Visa-free Azerbaijan — Visa on arrival Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — No admission Brunei — No admission Slovenia — Visa-free Finland — Visa-free Slovakia — Visa-free Czechia — Visa-free Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa-free Paraguay — Visa-free Yemen — No admission Saudi Arabia — No admission Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa-free Morocco — e-Visa Egypt — Visa required Libya — No admission Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa-free Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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