Eastern Europe: the FSU (includes all countries in the Former Soviet Union) Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia (all countries in former Yugoslavia), Bulgaria, Albania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary.
Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Asia: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, China, India, and Iran.
Latin America: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia.Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic.
Ethiopian Immigrant families will receive help according to special Absorption Basket regulations.
Customs concessions may be granted for specific household items for a child of immigrants who maintains an independent household. Consult with the Customs Authority for details.
An immigrant is eligible to receive assistance provided he spent less than one year in a country which is not on the above list, prior to his entry to Israel.