Oleh Benefits for "Ben Olim" - Ages 17 to 25

If you have one or more unmarried children who will be between the ages of 17 and 25 at the time of your Aliyah, we encourage you to keep a one-year gap between your date of Aliyah and the Aliyah of your adult child in order to preserve your child's Oleh benefits. 

If you have children ages 17 to 25 who make Aliyah within 12 months following your own Aliyah, they will be listed on your family's Teudat Oleh (Oleh booklet) and they will have limited Oleh benefits. 

Ben Olim will not receive the following benefits : 

• No housing benefits: No Oleh mortgage, municipal tax (arnona) discount, or rent subsidy.  For the purchase tax reduction, please refer directly to the purchase tax authorities. 
• Limited Sal Klita: 8,223 NIS instead of the 15,789 NIS that singles usually receive.

Ben Olim will be entitled to receive the following benefits:

• Customs benefits: Adult children ages 17 to 25 who make Aliyah from the age of 18 together with their parents will be entitled to full customs benefits (tax free appliances, tax reduction when purchasing a car, and the ability to send three tax-free shipments to Israel) regardless of their parents' Aliyah, 
  IF they can prove that they manage their own household and are living independently from their parents.
   
  
• If the child lives with their parents, they will not be granted customs benefits.
• If the child arrives with their parents and gets married within three years from the family's date of Aliyah, they will be eligible for the customs benefits.
• Customs benefits may be used within three years from the individual's date of Aliyah.

• Free tuition for higher education
• Six months of free health insurance - can be extended for up to 12 months if the individual is unemployed   
• Free one-way ticket to Israel
• Hebrew Ulpan
• Income tax reduction

If your child does keep the recommended one-year gap, they will receive their own Teudat Oleh booklet, and will be eligible for all of the Oleh benefits granted to an adult who makes Aliyah as a single.

We suggest you consider having your child come to Israel for the year on a student visa, and then once the year has passed they can choose to change their status either in Israel through Misrad Hapnim (the Ministry of Interior), or from abroad through the Jewish Agency. 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Noya Govrin at noya@nbn.org.il or Erica Edvi at erica@nbn.org.il.