Testimonials

Aliyah can be complicated, after 8 months of paperwork and international shipping my wife and I wanted a professional concierge experience for obtaining our Israeli documents and accounts, done once and done correctly. Olim Advisors filled our needs, with a smile, efficiently and without issues; and provided a running translation too!
I, with out hesitation would recommend their professional services to Olim to help guide the final steps through the Government’s maze of immigration paperwork!

While we have had our apartment for several years, and already had TV, internet, etc., set up, we still found Lara’s help invaluable in negotiating the various Israeli bureaucracy offices. She greatly reduced our anxiety levels!

We did our aliyah from Cincinnati Ohio with really no friends and relatives to assist us.  Oleh Advisors was recommended to us and it was a great decision to use them to assist us.

Lara has been there any time we had questions and was of invaluable help in getting our necessary documentation done. I would definitely recommend their services if you are in a situation such as ours!

From the early days of our Aliyah planning, Olim Advisors have been with us each step of the way. Olim advisors helped us find schools for our children and made sure that they were registered. When we arrived in Israel they were able to set up all of the important and relative appointments with government offices, making sure we received all all of our paperwork and Olim benefits. Working with Olim Advisors has allowed us to focus on our children and our family rather than having to navigate through the Israeli bureaucracy. Thank you Olim advisors, we could not have done this without you!

You’re looking for help with your aliyah. That’s a good thing because it means that you’re serious and you recognize that you and your entire family will require many types of assistance. You probably have a short list or maybe a long list of the kind of help you can foresee that you will need, but the list probably won’t cover all the things you don’t know exist and that to succeed in your aliyah you will need help with these hurdles. Things don’t go according to procedure all the time and that’s when you really need help.

What you don’t know is that you can actually get help with all of those things: name changes, passports, identity cards, driver’s license, turning over the gas, turning over the electrical, finding telephone and internet providers, finding real estate assistance, finding lawyers and finding accountants.

You can get help with all of those challenges from Olim Advisors. A laundry list like that doesn’t tell you what else you get from Olim Advisors which is a caring, concerned and connected organization of real human beings who interact with you, know you and appreciate you. Rarely can you purchase service at this level of personal involvement by the provider.  No matter what the price you  pay you’re going to get more than full value from Olim Advisors.

Thanks so much for your help and great assistance through the whole process of getting all my paperwork from passport, bank account, drivers license, electric, etc.etc.

No way could I have done it in such a short time and so smoothly.

Always responsive always available.

I will remember how you helped me transition to an Israeli, making the process of being an Oleh so easy.

From me and my family

Many thanks again!

Our Aliyah plan was delayed by years. But, Olim Advisors stuck with us and helped us smooth every bump. Without their help, our move from Long Island to Jerusalem would not have happened. Between the bureaucracies and Covid, there were so many details and hurdles that alone we could not have surmounted.

And, above all, they were always honest. If they did not know the answer to an issue, they said so and then did the research.

We strongly recommend Olim Advisors to anyone attempting Aliyah!

Making Aliyah was a dream of ours for so long, but when our time came around, we were so incredibly overwhelmed. Between bureaucratic appts, bank account setup, getting our Tav Yarok and everything in between, Lara guided us every step of the way. Always accessible and extremely helpful, so much of our stress and anxiety around these things subsided with her by our side. Additionally, Ilana was our superhero when it came to applying for Bituach Leumi. She jumped through hoops, orchestrated the phone calls and showered us with advice and support. We are so grateful to Olim advisors for everything they have done for us and would highly recommend them to anyone making Aliyah. Trust me, you’re in good hands! Thank you again Lara and Ilana!

Working with Olim Advisors has made the entire Aliyah process more manageable. They have been there for us from the moment we decided to make Aliyah, answering all of our questions, helping us navigate the Israeli bureaucracy, setting up appointments at various offices and attending those appointments with us to ensure everything went smoothly. Knowing that we can count on the Olim Advisors team is an incredible comfort. Whenever I have a question or problem, I know who I can turn to and who will be able to help. Olim Advisors continues to be an invaluable resource to us and we are forever grateful!

Held our hand throughout the process of aliya – accompanied us to meetings, set up appointments and answered all of our questions. Even made a last phone call for us after our official time with them was over. A very worthwhile investment and a wonderful new friend!

Thank you to Olim Advisors for helping us throughout our Aliyah. They have helped us from appliances to passports. We are so grateful to know that they are there for us whenever we have a question. In fact, many times they have saved us hours of time and money spent doing a run-around and they placed us in the right direction. Thank you, Olim Advisors!

Lara was proactive in advance of our arrival, making certain that we were appropriately prepared and having our initial meetings pre-arranged. Her ongoing support from opening a bank account to ensuring Internet services are arranged have been integral in our transition. Most importantly, her calm approach is exactly what new olim need when they are doing something for the first time in a new country and culture.

“Usually people complain how stressful it is when you first make Aliyah – since you have to make appointments for all of these new things which you don’t necessarily know how… Lara was there for us, and still is! She has assisted in making our aliyah as stress-free as possible!! Highly recommend olim advisors!…”

Lara and Rafi at Olim Advisors have been so helpful with our recent Aliyah experience. The seemingly small things they did made everything so much more simple. And the comfort of knowing that we would have someone come to the bank and the government office with us was really important. Having them on our team allowed us to focus on the bigger things because I knew they would take care of the details. It’s also nice to have appliances soon after you arrive and not something I would likely have been able to arrange on my own from abroad. It was definitely worth the small investment to secure their services. Highly recommended!

I gave 5 stars because the commitment of Olim Advisors is heartwarming. It is difficult to be Oleh Chadash….Olim Advisors are hands-on not saying but doing.  I found them pretty late during the Aliyah process but had I known them before would have made a lot of difference, A LOT. It would have saved me real hardship… Lara helped me moving through hurdles efficiently. Indispensable for every Oleh Chadash.

Lara and her team at Olim Advisors are an amazing asset for all families going through the Aliyah process. The assistance begins well before you board the plane and continues seamlessly in your new home, Israel.  They are always available to assist in a multitude of ways, including conference calls, being physically present at bank, utilities, etc. appointments and providing invaluable recommendations. Lara knows how to navigate the government bureaucracy and ensure that your klita is as stress-free as possible. We were fortunate to work with Lara and her team.

Lara made things that people told us were impossible to do successfully in a reasonable time frame, possible!! Imagine coming to a different country, don’t speak the language natively…and have someone who started off as a connection to Israel, turn into family. The attention to detail and the fact that Lara was ALWAYS available to help or let me vent…or even help with translations of a document or government places I went made it so much easier for the aliyah and after aliyah process. Do I reccomend? You can do what you think is right…but when you’re 6-8 months in and are still on step 2 of at least 40 things to take care of…you will be callng Olim Advisors, so don’t be silly and waste your time…call them and rest easy.

Lara really helped us with anything we needed. She was always available via text or phone. She made the aliyah process much easier.

There isn’t enough my wife and I can say about how helpful the olim advisors have been every step on our Aliyah. Pre, during and post-Aliyah having them there not only as advisors but truly as friends they have helped ease any issue we have had and made it easier. Guiding us through Misrad Hapnim and all the other bureaucratic red tape any oleh will cross through and making it a much easier ride for us. Whether it’s getting our biometric, Misrad Klita or passport ….. if we had done this all by ourselves we would have taken days or weeks or months to have accomplished what they did in just half a day or less. Or for instance, opening up a bank account which sounds simple anywhere else was done within a simple appointment at the bank because of all their long term contracts. I can go on and on also mentioning shopping for appliances, car rental, and home shopping / renting they were there to guide and help. It is always nice to know they were either an email, phone call or just a text away to help solve any issue. Thank you olim advisors.

We made Aliyah in 2019 but hired Lara before we left the states! She was our eyes and ears on the ground before we arrived helping with securing an apartment and navigating our Aliyah process. Once we arrived she was invaluable!! having her help saved us so much time and confusion while trying to get our feet under us, she was there for everything big and small! If she didn’t have the info at hand she worked tirelessly until she found it and she even traveled up to the north to meet with us and walk us through our process with a smile on her face! Working it’s her was like having a friend who really cared about our family. Lara‘s a gem and I highly recommend olim advisors to anyone looking to make Aliyah! Five star service and knowledge.

As one of the first flights of olim to be heading straight to bidud, we knew we were in over our heads and needed help. We had met Lara years ago at a Nefesh BNefesh event and immediately thought that maybe she could help us out. (Amazingly, she remembered us as winners of a discount package even though we never contacted her to “cash in” the prize). Lara was our eyes, hands and feet here making sure everything was ready for our arrival. She arranged for our internet to be set up so my husband could work remotely right away, she helped set up our apartment with staples and cleaning items, she set up our appointments for us so that we would be able to settle things right out of bidud. And even once we were released, she was there to help us shopping for a car, filling out medical forms, handling school registration- she was our guru for all absorption questions. Despite the craziness of Corona, she was there for us through everything and we are so grateful. Honestly, I don’t know how anyone makes aliyah without her these days. Keep up the great work!

A great help for those planning Aliyah.

I recently returned to Israel. I lived there over five years ago for a little over a year so I already knew the hassles of setting up life again. So in my case, I was coming back by myself and as a returning citizen. Simply put, the worst part about returning is being lead back and forth to a million locations, missing documents, filling out some form wrongly only having to do it again, being nervous about whether or not you will be able to even have a basic conversation with the person in your language, etc. The money I spent to take away these issues is worth every penny. Lara went out of her way to make sure I wouldn’t have to endure the agony as described. I at times did do some things myself or at least attempted to. When some things didn’t work out, Lara was always ready to be there even if it meant she would be stuck in traffic for a simple 5 minute appointment which I appreciate. Overall, if you are coming back yourself or you are with a family and don’t speak conversational Hebrew or cannot write Hebrew well enough (otherwise you endure the fun of Google translating a scanned document for hours) I cannot recommend enough the services provided by Lara and this agency. I hope that this business expands to an even greater extent and if I had to do it again, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second. Even if you have relatives, do you really want to bug them for every single thing when they themselves might also have to work? You avoid irritating feelings in your own life and irritating feelings from your relatives or family here so it’s not a difficult decision.

Lara is so kind and helpful. She responds very quickly to all questions and seems to be always available for all sorts of queries. I highly recommend her.

Lara is responsive, thoughtful, and helpful, from the moment we were in touch from America throughout our Aliyah process. Thank you so much!!

“We recommend Lara and Olim Advisers as they were indispensable to us in Navigating the Aliyah Process. They know how to deal with the bureaucracy and the idiosyncrasies of living in Israel…”