According to the Entry into Israel Law, the maximal period of work allowed to a migrant worker in Israel is 5 years and 3 months. The Con Tensa court ruling states that this period can be counted starting the worker’s first entry into Israel, even if the worker has spent long periods of time outside Israel after he or she first entered Israel. This ruling puts workers in absurd situations, whereby they enter Israel legally with work visas, and then immediately lose their visas because their first entry into Israel had taken place more than 63 months earlier. This ruling was applied by the Ministry of Interior even to workers, who last entered Israel before the ruling was made.
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