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The Transportation Ministry confirms they will implement major changes in the wake of Israeli Shortcut’s advocacy * After a lengthy correspondence between Israeli Shortcut’s legal department and senior ministry officials, a significant breakthrough was reached for holders of foreign driver’s licenses in Israel

Soon it will be possible to pay all government invoices at post offices with a credit card

Israeli Shortcut has discovered a glitch in Bituach Leumi’s regulations concerning the registration of a "returning minor."

The letter asks Netanyahu to assist in fulfilling the dream of foreign national Jews who want to remain living in Israel by reducing onerous bureaucracy and legal discrimination

Israeli Shortcut’s advocacy with the Ministry of Transport has born fruit and now new immigrants and returning residents with foreign driver's licenses will be able to immediately convert their foreign licenses to Israeli ones.

Foreign citizens who wish to update their residential address in Israel are often denied their legitimate right.

Foreign citizens will now have a lengthy wait due to the new law requiring Israeli citizens to transition to biometric documents.

The Water Authority says that the bureaucracy imposed on a foreign citizen is a “one-time action” and is reasonable and balanced.

Ministry of Transport: True, the law was formulated vaguely and it leaves a gray area, but that’s no reason to correct it.

Why are the water corporations imposing more stringent requirements on foreign citizens than Israelis?

That’s why the Tax Authority believes there is no point in changing the law that gives tax benefits to immigrants to include foreign citizens!

Israeli Shortcut has galvanized the City’s Ombudsman to find a solution for property tax discounts for chutznikim who are not Israeli citizens

In reply to Israeli Shortcut’s request, the Ministry of Transportation gave instructions to public transportation operators to immediately implement regulations that confer eligibility for discounts on foreign passport holders

If you are not an Israeli citizen but you live in Israel 183 days of the year, you have to pay Israeli taxes on your foreign income

The municipality demands far stricter compliance concerning the income tax deduction of the property tax from its residents who are foreign citizens than Israeli residents of the capital * And this despite a whopping 40% of the capital’s residents who are foreign nationals!

If one of your parents is Israeli, you were born and lived abroad and you want to cancel your Israeli citizenship, you may still find yourself being forcibly drafted into the Israeli army

Israeli Shortcut has been in contact with numerous government offices for the sake of improving regulations and ending legal lacuna for the benefit of foreign citizens living in Israel.

Israeli Shortcut is utilizing all possible means to galvanize civil servants to help the population of foreign citizens living in Israel.

The Ministry of Transport has been negligent in amending serious legal lacunae (a gap in the law) prevalent in the drivers’ license laws for immigrants, returning residents and tourists/foreign citizens.

Israeli Shortcut recently petitioned the Bank of Israel’s Supervisor of Banks seeking clarification regarding bank rules that discriminate against foreign citizens living in Israel who want to open bank accounts. Not only the Bank of Israel didn’t respond, we found that bank restrictions had become worse.

In addition to being Israel’s largest city, with a greater population than Tel Aviv and Haifa combined, Jerusalem has the country’s largest foreign national population and attracts millions of tourists and students every year which puts a heavy strain on the city’s finances

Israeli Shortcut has opened talks with heads of parliamentary parties and MKs to promote the establishment of a caucus on behalf of foreign citizens

The terrible tragedy which occurred in Jerusalem this week has focused the public’s attention on the integration difficulties experienced by immigrants in Israel.

The inclement winter has not stopped Israeli Shortcut from working tirelessly with the government and other authorities to promote legislation and regulations on behalf of foreign citizens and immigrants to assist them during their stay in Israel.

The District Director: "Our inspection shows that recipients of your organization’s services are not Jerusalem residents according to the Population Registry records"

Meet the Israeli residents who are unable to collect their bonuses and stipends.

Foreign nationals eligible for the discount include the disabled, elderly (over 60 years), students, and youths

Continuous requests by defendants who explained to the Jerusalem municipality that they don’t speak Hebrew were ignored by the municipality

After numerous complaints and appeals by customers, and after an official request from 'Israeli Shortcut”, Gihon Company now offers invoices in English upon request.

The Defense Ministry said that he would consider anew the issue of the "Torah is his vocation" deferment for yeshiva students from abroad who have Israeli citizenship, following a report written by Israeli Shortcut association that appeared in Bechadrei Chadorim.

It depends on who you ask. According to recent findings it would appear that the Jerusalem Municipality does not consider residents without Israeli Identity Cards to be true residents.

Due to Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri’s efforts, the discrimination has come to an end. Israeli consulates abroad will now arrange the student status of yeshiva students from abroad before they come to study in the country.

The Law to Establish an Immigrant Day passed a second and third reading in the Knesset.

It has become clear that there are still holes in the draft laws regarding Bnei Yeshiva which leave both Ben Mehagrim and the children of Israelis living abroad vulnerable to the draft.

The proposed bill by MK Itzik Shmueli will allow the elderly, new immigrants and the handicapped to cancel transactions by peddling and remote sales within 4 months - instead of within 14 days as established under the current law

You are foreign residents and your application to get a 2014 property tax discount from the Jerusalem municipality was rejected.

Israeli Shortcut made a party for all the foreign students in the holy city of Jerusalem this past Purim

The Lobby to Promote the Immigration and Absorption of French-speaking Jews Meets at the Knesset