Israel: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: Your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 90 days after the date you arrive.
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
Your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 90 days after the date you arrive.
You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.
Visa
Electronic travel authorisation required
As of 1 January 2025, to visit Israel you will need to get an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) before you arrive. — The ETA is valid for 2 years and covers a visit of 90 days. — It will cost 25 new Israeli shekels.
Your whole journey
Stopovers aren’t in our pages yet: the Sherpa link checks them for your nationality.
Passport, visa and stopovers: check on Sherpa ↗Free tool, pre-filled for a British passport: change the nationality if needed.
Recommended vaccinations
Hepatitis A · Typhoid · Rabies · Yellow fever
At least 8 weeks before your trip, check the latest vaccine recommendations for Israel and Palestine: Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Rabies, Yellow fever
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗