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| International Conventions on Social Security |
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The National Insurance Institute has signed international conventions to assure the protection the social security rights of a person who moves from one country to another, and to avoid dual insurance payments by Israelis living and working abroad.
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| What Rights are Included in the Conventions | |
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The right to receive benefits from Israel applies to an Israeli resident who has temporarily moved to a country with which a convention has been signed. |
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The right to receive benefits from countries with which convention has been signed applies to a person who has moved to Israel. |
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Combination of the insurance periods from both countries, in order to enable eligibility for benefits. |
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For a person injured at work provision of immediate medical care and coverage of hospitalization expenses, in accordance with the regulations specified in the conventions. |
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| For More Information and Claim Forms | |
For more information and forms (claim for benefit or exemption from double payment of insurance contributions), please contact:
Liaison Office for international conventions
Tel:
02-6709665; 02-6463077 Fax: 02-6512683
e-mail: liaison@nioi.gov.il |
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| Countries with Which Israel has Signed Conventions: | |
| Britain, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Norway and Bulgaria, as well as limited conventions with Italy and Canada - which prevent double payment of national insurance contributions- and Poland. |
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| Preventing Double Insurance Payments | |
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An Israeli resident who moves to another country and works there is usually required by law to pay insurance contributions in that country. On the other hand, this person is also required to pay insurance contributions in Israel, during the period of residing abroad.
The objective of the conventions is to prevent this double payment; a resident of Israel who moves to a country with which Israel has signed a convention will pay insurance contributions only in one of these two countries.
Health insurance is not included in the conventions; a resident of Israel residing abroad should continue to pay the health insurance contributions to the National Insurance Institute in Israel. The health insurance contributions are at the minimum rate NIS 100 (as of 01.01.2012) per month. |
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| Whom Do the Conventions Apply to? | |
The conventions apply to an Israeli resident, as well as to a citizen of one of the countries with which Israel has signed conventions and their family members.
Each convention specifies the included insurance branches.
The broad-based conventions include the majority of the insurance branches: old age, survivors, disability, work injury, children and maternity. |
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