If you already employ a
full-time caregiver and are receiving a long-term care benefit from the
National Insurance Institute, please submit the form
"Request for cash long-term care benefit instead of services to a person employing a full-time caregiver" (Hebrew) directly to the National
Insurance Institute.
If you are planning to employ a foreign worker as a full-time caregiver
– upon submitting your request to the Immigration Authority at the
Ministry of Interior, please indicate on the request form if you choose to receive the long-term care benefit from the National Insurance
Institute in cash or in services from a of a long-term care company.S
ubmitting a request for a foreign permit from to the Immigration Authority requires to fill out 3 forms:
- Request for a permit to employ a foreign worker.
- Employer's commitment
- Waiver of medical confidentiality
Appendices to be attached to the request:
- Certificate for payment of fee.
- Photocopy of patient's identity card + appendix (and of the "employer" if the patient is not able to fulfill his duties as employer of a foreign worker).
- A guardianship certificate is to be attached if the patient is under the care of a legal guardian.
The request and its appendices shall be sent to:
Permit Unit at the Immigration Authority
You can receive assistance in filling out the form by contacting
the national call center
of the Department of Counseling to the Elderly, at *6969.