• An application form – Medical Licensing Questionnaire. This is an online form. Once you’ve completed the form, it will automatically download onto your computer. If you’re physically submitting your documents, please print the form out. If you’re submitting your documents electronically, please save the file and make sure to include it in your online document submission. Important: Make sure to have your legal name written in English AND in its Hebrew transliteration (DO NOT use your Hebrew name). In addition, you must provide an ISRAELI address and cell phone number (can be a phone number of friends/family). Your file will NOT be opened without this information.
• Please also open a file at this link. You should upload your documents to complete the application, but please note that you still need to present/submit your authenticated documentation via registered mail, e-mail, or at a MedEx event.
• If you’re already an Israeli citizen and have an Israeli national ID card , please attach a photocopy of the card, as well as a photocopy of the card’s paper addendum. If you’re an Israeli citizen and DO NOT have an Israeli national ID card, please include a photocopy of your Israeli passport. If you are applying pre-Aliyah, please submit a photocopy of your foreign passport.*
• Final MD or DO diploma, or official confirmation of eligibility for your MD or DO diploma provided you haven’t yet received a copy of the diploma. This document requires verification.
• A valid medical license. This document requires verification.*
• Specialist’s certificate from abroad (If applicable).
• Professional letter of good standing from the board of the state in which you are licensed. The letter must be sent directly from the Board of Medicine to the Ministry of Health. If the letter can be sent electronically, please have it sent to hagai.zilberman@moh.gov.il. For further clarification regarding this requirement, please be in touch with us at medpro@nbn.org.il.
  • Please note that this document has limited validity. Be in touch with us at medpro@nbn.org.il for more information regarding your specific situation.*
• Official documentation indicating legal change of name, if relevant.
• Decision letter from the IMA (if relevant and if you have already received it).
• An Israeli medical licensing exam application form (if relevant).

For DOs, you’ll also need

• Detailed transcript including course descriptions.
  • This document needs authentication, or can be sent directly from the University to hagai.zilberman@moh.gov.il
• Proof of Residency period with details regarding the time you spent there.
  • This document must sent directly from the Hospital where residency placement occurred to hagai.zilberman@moh.gov.il

Please Note:

Some of the documents listed above are only valid for one year from their issuing date. If you have not submitted your Teudat Zehut (ID) within a year from opening your file with the Misrad Habriut, you may be required to present valid, re-issued documents in order to request your temporary license.

Do not send original certificates. Send copies and retain original documents, as the Ministry of Health will not return or duplicate them.

Double-check that you’ve provided accurate contact details. Incorrect information will delay processing.

Documents that are not in Hebrew or English must be translated into Hebrew and notarized. Ensure that you provide two copies of each document: the notarized version and another copy.