Aliyah

Timing Your Aliyah Around a New-Apartment Purchase

Written by Landings Aliyah Services Aliyah

The delivery-date question

The single most common planning mistake we see: booking aliyah flights around the developer's contractual delivery date. Treat that date as the start of a window, not a promise - the standard contract allows meaningful lateness before compensation kicks in.

A saner sequence

  • Sign 18–24 months before your target school year
  • Rent for the first stretch - ideally in the same neighborhood
  • Schedule the lift only after the pre-delivery inspection passes

Rights that depend on timing

Your purchase-tax bracket changes if you hold new-oleh status at closing, and customs rights on the lift have their own clock. Get the sequence from a professional before you sign anything with a date on it.