Document #1115160
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to an official at the Embassy of
the State of Israel in Ottawa in a telephone interview, an Israeli
woman and her non-Jewish, non-Israeli husband, who were married
outside Israel, would have the right to reside in Israel. The
husband would subsequently be eligible to obtain Israeli
citizenship according to the regulations in place (5 Apr. 1995).
The official added that the two main factors that the Israeli
authorities would consider when reviewing the citizenship
application of the husband would be the fact that he is married to
an Israeli citizen and that usually, they do not separate family
members (ibid.).
For further information on mixed marriages,
please refer to Response to Information Request ISR14539 of 29 June
1993 and its attachments, including two letters from the Consulate
General of Israel in Toronto which provide useful information.
Response to Information Request ISR13865 of 21 April 1993 also
provides information on mixed couples. Please consult an attached
extract from the Israeli Nationality Law of 1952, for information
on the acquisition of nationality by the spouse of a person who is
an Israeli national. In a subsequent telephone interview, the
official at the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ottawa could not
confirm whether there have been any amendments to the Israeli
Nationality law of 1952 (10 Apr. 1995).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
sources consulted in researching this information request.
Embassy of the State of Israel, Ottawa.
5 and 10 April 1995. Telephone interviews with an official.
Israel. Nationality Law. 14 July 1952.
Unofficial translation. (UNHCR/REFLEG).