Important changes in the Palestine immigration laws, eliminating the Jewish Agency from sole control over Jewish immigration into Palestine, were announced today in the Palestine Official Gazette.
The changes provide that instead of granting immigration certificates for Jews through the Jewish Agency alone, henceforth these certificates can be granted directly by the government to any applicant who sends in his application to the Palestine government.
VISAS TO EMPLOYER
Immigration certificates will be issued by the Palestine government, under the new changes, directly to a prospective employer of immigrants or to the employe himself.
Applications submitted for immigration certificates to the Palestine government through the Executive of the Jewish Agency will be considered and the decision of the government will be sent to the applicant through the Jewish Agency, the new regulations provide. The certificates granted on such applications will be issued also through the Jewish Agency.
The regulations published in to-
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