GEN 1.3  ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW

1.   Customs requirements

1.1  Baggage or articles belonging to disembarking passengers and crew are immediately released except for those selected for inspection by the customs authorities. Such baggage will be cleared on the basis of an oral declaration except in the case of returning citizens.
1.2  No customs formalities are normally required on departure.

2.   Immigration requirements

2.1  No documents or visas are required of passengers arriving and departing on the same through flight or transferring to another flight at the same airport.
2.2  A person entering the State of Israel for the purpose of immigration, must hold a valid passport and visa, the latter being granted at Israeli consulates. Exemption from visa requirements, apart from those states which have signed bilateral agreement with the state of Israel, may be granted on the basis of agreements between states. The same applies to passengers in transit.
2.3  As regards a flight-crew member on a commercial service, who retains his licence or flight crew member certificate in his possession when embarking and disembarking the cities adjacent thereto, and departs on the same aircraft or on his next regular flight out of Israel, his licence or flight crew member certificate is accepted in lieu of passport or visa.
2.4  No departure formalities are required for embarking passengers.

3.   Public health requirements

3.1  Disembarking passengers are not required to present vaccination certificates except when coming directly from an area temporarily infected with cholera, yellow-fever or smallpox.
3.2  On departure, no health formalities are required.

4.   Security requirements

4.1  On departure, passengers are required to make all their luggage and belongings available for security checks.
4.2  Passengers, accompanied by their luggage, are checked by security personnel prior to entering the departures hall.
4.3  Access to restricted zones within the airport, particularly the departures or/and arrivals halls and entire airside zone, is forbidden to all unauthorized persons.
4.4  Photographing within the airside zone is strictly prohibited, unless prior authorization has been granted by the airport administration
4.5  Same as in para. 4.3 above applies to vehicles, unless such have been issued on appropriate authorization made available upon request to the security guards at the entry check points to the airside zone.
4.6  Passengers embarking on domestic flights, either commercial air-transport or general-aviation, are required to be in possession of either an identification card in case of Israeli nationals or a valid passport in case of foreign nationals. Such passengers may be required to present identification documents to security personnel at all Israel aerodromes.
4.7  All operators and persons, including personnel providing services, are required to abide by rules, regulations, instructions and requirements issued by the Ministry of Transport, the Civil Aviation Administration, the Israel Airports Authority or the Security Authorities.