Summary
The ordinance that, in the Jewish Agency memoranda of July 1930, defines the Agency’s status in relation to the Government of Palestine in facilitating Jewish immigration: its Regulations provide for the half-yearly Labour Immigration Schedule and for applications by the Palestine Zionist Executive accompanied by a one-year maintenance guarantee (Palestine: Land Settlement, Urban Development and Immigration, PDF p.96).
Details
- Regulation 7.(4), as quoted: it is lawful for the Palestine Zionist Executive to notify the Chief Immigration Officer, in the form shown in Schedule 5 to the Regulations, that there is a reasonable prospect of employing a number of persons, either named or unnamed, in Palestine and to make an application for permission for their entry, every such application accompanied by a guarantee to maintain the person or persons for a period of not less than one year (PDF p.96).
- Regulation 8.(1), as quoted: Labour Schedules are prepared from time to time by the Chief Immigration Officer after considering any proposals by the Palestine Zionist Executive, one for each successive period of six calendar months ending alternatively on September 30th and March 31st, laying down the maximum number of persons of the various trades, industries and callings who may be granted immigration certificates under Category C (PDF p.96).
- Regulation 8.(2), as quoted: each schedule, when completed, is laid before the High Commissioner at such date as he determines, and he signifies his approval, if he approves it, in writing (PDF p.96).
- The memoranda elsewhere give the September 1925 Regulations as fixing the minimum capital for persons of independent means at £500, recently raised to £1,000, a return to which the Agency urges (PDF p.103-104).
Related pages
Palestine: Land Settlement, Urban Development and Immigration, Labour Immigration Schedule, Jewish Agency, Economic capacity