Ministry of Interior (Israel)

The Ministry of Interior (, Misrad HaPnim; ) in the State of Israel is one of the government offices that is responsible for local government, citizenship and residency, identity cards, and student and entry visas.

Responsibilities

• Providing citizenship and permanent resident status.
• Issuing of entry visas and staying visas in the country.
• Inhabitants administration: personal registration
• Issuing of Israeli identity cards.
• Issuing of Israeli passports.
• Personal registrations such as birth, marriage etc.
• Local government, city councils and local councils supervision
• Appointing and dismissing District Commissioners
• Elections
• Associations
• Planning and building supervising

Departments

• Local Government Administration
• Emergency Service Administration
• Population and Immigration Authority
• National Planning Headquarters

Source:

List of ministers

Deputy ministers

References

External links

• Interior Ministry site
• All Ministers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Knesset website