The handling of applications of Israelis living abroad who wish to renounce their Israeli citizenship is being accelerated but there is still a lag in processing those applications, Dr. I. Ben Meir, Deputy Minister of the Interior, said today in Parliament.
Replying to a written question, the Ministry official said that applications submitted after February 1964 still awaited processing. He did not deny, however, that there were such cases still outstanding since 1962.
However, he reported, such “reluctant citizens” cannot get their regular Israeli passports renewed. He said that persons residing abroad for more than five years are given passports only for a return to Israel unless there were special circumstances.
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