The Application Process
Welcome to the LIFE application process; only complete applications can be considered. The steps
are:
1.
LIFE Postcard
Fill out and send us the very brief “LIFE postcard”
(available HERE), together with your resume. This gives us an
indication your application may be on the way and opens lines of communication. We will then be in email contact with you.
2.
LIFE Application
Please submit all parts of the LIFE
Application:
1. The LIFE Application
Form (available HERE), comprised of sections on:
- Personal information
- Academic, professional and community involvement experience
- Essay section
2. Medical Insurance
forms filled out and signed:
- the Health Declaration form HERE (at the end, add the date and sign; leave the "Employe's signature" blank), and
- the request for insurance HERE (leave the insurance period box and sections B, E and F blank).
3. Your Health Declaration and Doctor’s Recommendation
(available HERE). We know there is some overlap with #2, but these forms are for different purposes.
4. Copy of the page(s)
of your Passport that contain your photo and passport details including expiry date (might be a single page).
5. Good digital photo of
you (scan of passport photo if possible)
6. Ask two people to
complete and directly send the LIFE Letter of Recommendation (available HERE).
7. Pay the $100 non-refundable
processing fee by secure credit card HERE).
| Summary of who does what and how: |
You Send |
Someone else Sends |
| Email |
Fax * |
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'Postcard' and resume |
You fill and send |
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| 1 |
Application Form |
You fill and email |
then also fax the signed Form |
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| 2 |
Insurance Company Forms |
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You fill and fax |
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| 3 |
Medical Declaration and Doctor's letter |
You fill and pass to your Doctor |
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S/he completes and sends to us |
| 4 |
Key Passport page(s) |
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You fax |
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| 5 |
Photo of you |
You email |
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6
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Two Recommendations |
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They send to us |
| 7 |
Processing Fee |
You pay on-line |
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- Please keep a record of what you have submitted
- Emails should have ‘LIFE application your name’ as
the subject.
- Email: yonatan@btzedek.org.il Fax: +972-2-6749066
Price Differences:
Note that LIFE is offering a payment of up to US$1,000
towards the cost of the initial return ticket to and from Israel for participants who secure their
place on LIFE by making the intial downpayment before 31 March, 2010.
Note also that applications officially close on 30 June, 2010. If after that we
are able to accept additional applicants, a significant late fee will
apply to cover the additional costs involved - additional and late
bookings (for example, air fares to India will cost more if booked
late) and additional staff time.
3.
Interview
Once
all the forms are in, we will interview you by phone or skype
within one week. The purpose is to get to know you better and to clarify
aspects of the application that may not be clear to us. You
are also welcome to ask questions.
4. Our Decision and your Affirmation
Our decision-making process is 'rolling' in monthly cycles. During the first week of each month, we will consider the candidacy of
people who have completed all the necessary steps, including the
interview, by the first day of that month. Given that we want up to a
week to set up and conduct the interview, that means that all materials (including recommendations) should be to us by the end of the third week of the month.
After we will notify you whether your
candidacy was accepted, you have two weeks in which to make the down-payment
(see 'Cost'), thereby securing your spot on the program.
5.
Next Steps
If you are on LIFE – Mazal Tov! Then:
- You make the next scheduled payments (see HERE).
- We:
- Send you updates and are available for questions
- Put program participants in touch with each other as the start date nears
- Email with you personally about
your travel plans and other details
6.
Some general comments about the
process
This process is designed to let us get to know you and for
you to know the program and its demands. Our goal is to make a good fit between
people who participate in the program and the program itself. We relate in this
process to the needs of the participants, the agencies they will intern with,
the people and communities they will work with and serve, the community of
other participants they will live with and the interests of future participants
(as represented by the reputation of the program as it grows over time).
It may
turn out that some applicants are not suitable. However, our goal is to find
and accept people who are suitable, not to rank or grade you and not to
give you a hard time.
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