# Oleh chadash

> A new immigrant. Purchase-tax relief runs one year before Aliyah through seven years after.

Canonical: https://shavnu.com/glossary/oleh-chadash

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**עולה חדש**

Oleh status is a tax and benefits category, not a marketing label. For purchase tax, a qualifying oleh buying a sole Israeli residence can use the post-15 Aug 2024 bands (0% / 0.5% / 8%) on contracts signed up to one year before Aliyah or within seven years after. Construction time does not consume the pre-Aliyah year if Aliyah is within three years of signing; IDF service does not consume the seven years. Above ₪20,183,565 the oleh benefit is lost. Eligibility is personal; Shavnu will not infer it from browsing.

## Where this comes up

- [Buying in Sde Dov from Abroad: The Honest Playbook](https://shavnu.com/blog/foreign-buyers-guide.md): Foreigners can buy here, but the tax code, payment schedule, and permit pipeline work differently than in most overseas markets. What the research actually supports.


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Source: https://shavnu.com/glossary/oleh-chadash on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the
Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax
Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.