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<\/span><\/h4>\nWhy are age differences likely to complicate or prevent the legalization of the status of foreign spouses?<\/strong><\/h4>\nLegalizing the status of foreign spouses in Israel, whether united in marriage<\/a> or by a civil union<\/a>, involves the examination of several basic conditions. This includes checking that the spouse does not have an injunction in place against them due to a criminal history<\/a> or security reasons, that the couple lives together in Israel and that their relationship is genuine. The last condition is the most important. The Interior Ministry conducts a long series of interviews in order to verify that the relationship was not faked so that the foreign spouse can gain legal status in Israel.<\/p>\nAny issue that may raise a \u201cred flag\u201d among Interior Ministry officials and cause them to think that a relationship is fictitious is likely to tip the scales and result in a refusal to legalize the status of the couple in Israel. A striking example of this is where an age difference exists. Even though there are many couples with age differences of ten years or more in genuine unions, our experience shows that it almost automatically arouses suspicion among Interior Ministry officials.<\/p>\n
How can Interior Ministry officials\u2019 suspicion that a relationship is fictitious be overcome?<\/strong><\/h4>\nFirst, it is important to understand a little about how the interview to examine the sincerity of a relationship is conducted. The interview is conducted with each partner separately, and sometimes involves a series of meetings. After one of the partners has been interviewed, their partner is asked the same questions and their answers are cross-referenced. The questions are likely to be very intrusive of the couple\u2019s privacy, as Interior Ministry officials attempt to find contradictions in their answers. We recommend you prepare by reading the extended article we published on the interview to examine the sincerity of a relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn addition to this, it is recommended to provide evidence that your relationship is genuine. Such evidence may be documents relating to a shared residence, photos and documentation proving the length and seriousness of your relationship. However, you should take into account the possibility that even if you provide such evidence, applications for status legalization are likely to be rejected due to age differences and the subjective impression that the relationship is not genuine.<\/p>\n
In this regard, it is important to know that the decision to reject an application is not set in stone. It is always possible to file an appeal against the Interior Ministry\u2019s decision, as explained in another article that we published<\/a> regarding appealable Interior Ministry decisions.<\/p>\nThe position of the courts regarding age differences between partners in the process of status legalization<\/strong><\/h4>\nIn a number of administrative court rulings that dealt with the rejection of status legalization requests, it was stressed that an age difference cannot constitute the only indication that a partnership is not genuine. For example, the Jerusalem Administrative Court judged the case of a couple where the Israeli partner was born in 1936 and his Nepalese spouse was born in 1970. The spouse worked as a care worker in Israel and during time in Israel, met her husband, who is divorced with two daughters. They subsequently moved in together.<\/p>\n
When the couple tried to legalize the woman\u2019s status, they received a refusal due to the impression that their relationship was not genuine, among other things due to the age difference between them. The court overturned the refusal and determined that an age difference can at most be an auxiliary indication of a non-genuine relationship. However, a general statement on the issue is not sufficient and evidence to that effect is required.<\/p>\n
Any issue that may raise a \u201cred flag\u201d among Interior Ministry officials and cause them to think that a relationship is fictitious is likely to tip the scales and result in a refusal to legalize the status of the couple in Israel. A striking example of this is where an age difference exists. Even though there are many couples with age differences of ten years or more in genuine unions, our experience shows that it almost automatically arouses suspicion among Interior Ministry officials.<\/p>\n
How can Interior Ministry officials\u2019 suspicion that a relationship is fictitious be overcome?<\/strong><\/h4>\nFirst, it is important to understand a little about how the interview to examine the sincerity of a relationship is conducted. The interview is conducted with each partner separately, and sometimes involves a series of meetings. After one of the partners has been interviewed, their partner is asked the same questions and their answers are cross-referenced. The questions are likely to be very intrusive of the couple\u2019s privacy, as Interior Ministry officials attempt to find contradictions in their answers. We recommend you prepare by reading the extended article we published on the interview to examine the sincerity of a relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn addition to this, it is recommended to provide evidence that your relationship is genuine. Such evidence may be documents relating to a shared residence, photos and documentation proving the length and seriousness of your relationship. However, you should take into account the possibility that even if you provide such evidence, applications for status legalization are likely to be rejected due to age differences and the subjective impression that the relationship is not genuine.<\/p>\n
In this regard, it is important to know that the decision to reject an application is not set in stone. It is always possible to file an appeal against the Interior Ministry\u2019s decision, as explained in another article that we published<\/a> regarding appealable Interior Ministry decisions.<\/p>\nThe position of the courts regarding age differences between partners in the process of status legalization<\/strong><\/h4>\nIn a number of administrative court rulings that dealt with the rejection of status legalization requests, it was stressed that an age difference cannot constitute the only indication that a partnership is not genuine. For example, the Jerusalem Administrative Court judged the case of a couple where the Israeli partner was born in 1936 and his Nepalese spouse was born in 1970. The spouse worked as a care worker in Israel and during time in Israel, met her husband, who is divorced with two daughters. They subsequently moved in together.<\/p>\n
When the couple tried to legalize the woman\u2019s status, they received a refusal due to the impression that their relationship was not genuine, among other things due to the age difference between them. The court overturned the refusal and determined that an age difference can at most be an auxiliary indication of a non-genuine relationship. However, a general statement on the issue is not sufficient and evidence to that effect is required.<\/p>\n
In addition to this, it is recommended to provide evidence that your relationship is genuine. Such evidence may be documents relating to a shared residence, photos and documentation proving the length and seriousness of your relationship. However, you should take into account the possibility that even if you provide such evidence, applications for status legalization are likely to be rejected due to age differences and the subjective impression that the relationship is not genuine.<\/p>\n
In this regard, it is important to know that the decision to reject an application is not set in stone. It is always possible to file an appeal against the Interior Ministry\u2019s decision, as explained in another article that we published<\/a> regarding appealable Interior Ministry decisions.<\/p>\n In a number of administrative court rulings that dealt with the rejection of status legalization requests, it was stressed that an age difference cannot constitute the only indication that a partnership is not genuine. For example, the Jerusalem Administrative Court judged the case of a couple where the Israeli partner was born in 1936 and his Nepalese spouse was born in 1970. The spouse worked as a care worker in Israel and during time in Israel, met her husband, who is divorced with two daughters. They subsequently moved in together.<\/p>\n When the couple tried to legalize the woman\u2019s status, they received a refusal due to the impression that their relationship was not genuine, among other things due to the age difference between them. The court overturned the refusal and determined that an age difference can at most be an auxiliary indication of a non-genuine relationship. However, a general statement on the issue is not sufficient and evidence to that effect is required.<\/p>\nThe position of the courts regarding age differences between partners in the process of status legalization<\/strong><\/h4>\n