Conditions of entitlement

A mobility allowance is paid to a person with limited mobilityIsraeli resident living in Israel, aged over 3 but not over the retirement age, in whose case a medical committee has determined a percentage of mobility limitation on account of impairment in the lower limbs, according to a specified list of impairments; Under certain conditions, a person with mobility limitation may be entitled to continue to receive mobility benefits after he has reached retirement age. Under certain conditions, the National Insurance Institute authorizes payment of mobility allowance to brothers who are under the age of 3, if a mobility allowance of at least 80% has been determined for each of them and if they live in the same apartment. who is a car owner or without a vehicle, and meets the conditions detailed below.

The conditions of entitlement for a person who owns a vehicle:

He owns and possesses the vehicle, even if it was purchased without a standing loan.

Reception of a mobility allowance by the owner of a car purchased with a standing loan - the name of the person with impaired mobility must appear on the car's circulation permit.

Other owners may be added to the circulation permit, such as relative or guardian, living in the same building where the person with limited mobility lives, or in another building located at an air distance that does not exceed 1,500 meters from the mobility impaired person's place of residence.

Reception of a mobility allowance by the owner of a car purchased without a standing loan - the name of the person with impaired mobility does not have to appear on the car's circulation permit.

Ownership may be under the name of the minor's parents, guardian or spouse of the person with limited mobility.

Reception of a mobility allowance by a car owner using a car under operating or finance leasing

• Operating leasing - the person with limited mobility or the spouse who are using a car under operating leasing, and meet the following conditions:

1. He owns a driver license.
2. The car has been placed at his disposal by his workplace.
3. The car qualifying him to receive the allowance is a private/business car (barring a car with special equipment).
4. When the spouse of the mobility impaired uses a car under operating leasing made available by workplace, the mobility will not be paid unless the employer/leasing company gave the mobility impaired the authorization to use the car.

• Finance leasing - the person with limited mobility who purchases a car from a leasing company may receive advantages under the mobility agreement, except for - standing loan and loan to buy a car granted by the Loans Fund, if he fulfills the conditions of entitlement set forth in the mobility agreement, and provided that he forwarded the buying contract to the leasing company.

Please note,

If licensing fees are paid for the car at a discount rate for disabled drivers, the car's ownership can only be transferred (selling the car) at agencies of License Bureau, hence we advise you to check this issue with the local License Bureau of directly.

Increment to the mobility allowance

A person with limited mobility who is a car owner and an earnerA person whose income from work is more than 25% of the basic amount - NIS 2,585 (as of Jan 01, 2024) ,as well as a soldier in compulsory army service., and has at least 40 km of round trip travel between his home and workplace, is entitled to a mobility allowance increment as compensation for the his vehicle's high maintenance expenses, provided that he had worked at least six consecutive months before submitting a claim for the allowance, and drives to work in his vehicle on a regular basis.

Mobility allowance for a shared vehicle

Two or more people with limited mobility who are the owners of the same vehicle can be entitled to a mobility allowance for a shared vehicle provided they are relativeA spouse; son, daughter and their spouse; father, mother, including adopting and step-parent; brother, sister, nephew, niece and their spouse; brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt and their spouses; cousins and their spouses ; grandfather, grandmother; grandson, granddaughter, who holds a valid driver license, and he\she and the person with limited mobility are living in the same building or in two buildings separated by an aerial distance that does not exceed 1,500 meters, or two buildings very close to each other within the perimeter of the same settlement.s and meet one of the following conditions:

Conditions of entitlement for a person without a vehicle:

The mobility allowance for a person without a vehicle is given to assist with the expenses incurred by a person with limited mobility who does not own or possess a vehicle. Under certain circumstances, the allowance for a person without a vehicle is also paid to a person who owns and possesses a vehicle which is out of commission.

The person without a vehicle or whose vehicle out of commission, as aforesaid, will be entitled to the allowance for a person without a vehicle if he meets all the conditions in one of the following sections:

A.

1. He is at least 18 years old.
2. His degree of mobility disability has been determined at 80% at least.
3. He is an earner. He is not disabled An insured, excluding a housewife, who as a result of impairment, fulfills both the following conditions: a) He is unable to support himself from work or occupation, and his capacity to support himself as above has been reduced as a result of his impairment (all at once or gradually) by 50% or more. b) He has no actual income form work or occupation, or his such income is not over the following: 1. regarding persons entitled to disability pension for a lengthy period or having a serious impairment – 60% of the average wage; 2. regarding persons not entitled to disability pension for a lengthy period and not having a serious impairment – 45% of the average wage. under the National Insurance Law.

Or B.

1. He is at least 18 years old.
2. He is a recipient of an attendance allowance.
3. His degree of mobility disability has been determined at 100%, or a medical committee has found that he requires and uses a wheelchair.

Or C.

1. He is a recipient of disabled child benefit.
2. His degree of mobility disability has been determined at 80%, or a medical committee has found that he requires and uses a wheelchair.

Or D.

1. He is an adult and his degree of mobility disability has been determined at 100%, or a minor and his degree of mobility disability has been determined at 80% at least, or a person with limited mobility for who, according to the findings of a medical committee, requires and uses a wheelchair.
2. He lives in an institution and needs to leave it in a motorized vehicle at least six times a month for work, study, social activities, rehabilitation or volunteering purposes.
3. No entity bears the expenses of these journeys away from the institution.
4. Although he is entitled to an attendance allowance or to a disabled child benefit, he does not receive it because he lives in an institution.

A person with limited mobility who is living in an institution may also be entitled to this allowance if he owns and processes a vehicle that was purchased with a standing loan, which he does not have to repay due to special circumstances, provided that he meets all the conditions in section (D) above.