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NEWS
Offices Set Up in Jerusalem to Arrange Visa Extensions for Yeshiva Students
By Yechiel Sever
During a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Jerusalem, arrangements were reached to set up special representative offices at several locations throughout the city to handle visa extensions for foreign yeshiva students, including those from the USA, the UK and elsewhere.
The decision was reached following efforts by MK Rabbi Uri Maklev, chairman of the Knesset Public Petitions Committee, Interior Minister Eli Yishai and Deputy Education Minister Rabbi Meir Porush, in order to allow yeshiva students to extend their visas without having to wade through lengthy bureaucratic entanglements that disrupt their studies and in some cases result in funding problems for the yeshiva they attend.
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