Eastern Europe
Making aliyah from Czechia
307 people moved from Czechia to Israel between 2015 and 2025, including 52 in 2025. Here is what the official record shows about them, and what the process looks like from Czechia specifically.
Olim in 2025
52
granted oleh status on arrival
Total since 2015
307
11 years of the record
Busiest year
2024
53 arrivals
Most chosen town
Tel Aviv-Yafo
58 people
Settlement concentration
Not ranked: Czechia has fewer than 1,000 olim on the detailed record, so its top three towns say more about one absorption programme than about a pattern.
The record
Aliyah from Czechia, in the ministry's own files
Every arrival counted once, in the year they landed and the town they registered in.
Arrivals from Czechia by year
Where they settled
Absorption town recorded on arrival.
- 1Tel Aviv-Yafo58
- 2Netanya36
- 3Haifa24
- 4Bat Yam22
- 5Jerusalem22
- 6Ashdod21
- 7Ramat Gan12
- 8Petah Tikva9
- 9Zichron Ya'akov9
- 10Rishon LeZion8
Age on arrival
22% arrived as children, 4% at 65 or over.
- 10-1769
- 218-2445
- 325-3461
- 435-4978
- 550-6442
- 665+12
What they did before moving
Occupation recorded at registration. "School pupil" and "student" reflect how many arrive as dependants.
- 1Not stated46
- 2School pupil38
- 3Student20
- 4Economist19
- 5Not specified11
- 6Retired10
- 7Engineer (other)9
- 8Professional services7
Destination
More went to Tel Aviv-Yafo than anywhere else
58 of the 307 arrivals from Czechia registered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, ahead of Netanya, Haifa, Bat Yam.
That is 19% of everyone arriving from Czechia, against 12.3% of olim from all countries.
The town is recorded once, on arrival, so the chart above shows where people registered rather than where they live now.
How it works
The process from Czechia
The Jewish Agency for Israel runs the process through its regional office and the Israeli consulate.
The Jewish Agency organises assisted departures, and in emergencies has run dedicated flights.
Russian-speaking olim have long-established communities in Haifa, Netanya, Bat Yam, Ashdod and Nof HaGalil.
Documents are the slow part everywhere: birth certificates, proof of Jewish descent, police clearance and, in most countries, apostilles. Start collecting before you open the file, not after. The full sequence is in the aliyah guide.
Arriving with Russian as your first language, ulpan is the single biggest determinant of how fast your first year goes. New olim are entitled to free Hebrew study, and the Hebrew alphabet and essential phrases pages are a no-cost head start.
Before you go
Work out what your money is worth: the cost of living page has rent, groceries and salaries in real numbers, and the shekel converter gives today's rate.
A market stall in Jerusalem with prices marked in shekels.
Check the calendar you are moving into: holiday dates close the country for whole weeks in autumn and spring, and Shabbat times govern the week.
A sesame-topped challah loaf, freshly baked.
See how Czechia compares with everywhere else on the full statistics explorer.
An open-plan office floor of screens and desks.
Aliyah from elsewhere in Eastern Europe
Total arrivals 2015 to 2025, in brackets.
Start here
The move itself, in six steps
Eligibility, opening the file, the documents, the visa, landing day and the absorption benefits that follow. The guide is the same wherever you are starting from.
Frequently asked questions
How many people make aliyah from Czechia each year?+
52 in 2025, and 307 in total between 2015 and 2025. The strongest single year was 2024, with 53 arrivals.
Where do olim from Czechia settle?+
Tel Aviv-Yafo takes the largest share, followed by Netanya, Haifa, Bat Yam. 19% of olim from Czechia settled in Tel Aviv-Yafo, against 12.3% of olim overall.
Who handles an aliyah application from Czechia?+
The Jewish Agency for Israel runs the process through its regional office and the Israeli consulate.
Is aliyah from Czechia mostly families or individuals?+
Of the 307 arrivals recorded, 22% were children under 18 and 4% were 65 or over. That is a family-heavy profile.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, published on data.gov.il. Figures count people granted oleh status on arrival. Rebuilt 2026-08-05.