Last Produced for Monthly Bulletin of Statistics No. 10/2008 E. MIGRATION AND TOURISM TABLE E/2.- IMMIGRANTS(1) BY TYPE OF PERMIT   Grand total Immigrants according to Law of Return Immigrants(2) according to Law of Entry(3)     Total Entered with an immigrant or a potential immigrant visa Changed status from tourist to immigrant or potential immigrant             1996   70,919  69,831  59,748  10,083  1,088    1996 1997   66,221  64,725  55,135  9,590  1,496    1997 1998   56,727  53,547  47,487  6,060  3,180    1998 1999   76,766  74,498  68,338  6,160  2,268    1999 2000   60,192  57,865  53,424  4,441  2,327    2000 2001   43,580  40,950  36,949  4,001  2,630    2001 2002   33,565  31,026  28,077  2,949  2,539    2002 2003   23,267  22,678  20,348  2,330  589    2003 2004   20,898  17,693  15,160  2,531  3,205    2004 2005   21,168  17,740  15,545  2,198  3,425    2005 2006   19,267  15,784  13,357  2,427  3,483    2006 2007   18,131  14,687  12,213  2,474  3,444    2007 2007   I-IX 12,983  10,584  8,955  1,629  2,399  I-IX   2007 2008 * I-IX 10,592  9,221  7,781  1,440  1,371  I-IX * 2008 % change   -18  -13  -13  -12  -43    % change 2006   I 1,329  1,039  856  183  290  I   2006   II 1,278  964  795  169  314  II     III 1,447  1,102  897  205  345  III     IV 936  850  677  173  86  IV     V 1,588  1,184  875  309  404  V     VI 1,551  1,205  946  259  346  VI     VII 2,213  1,963  1,747  216  250  VII     VIII 2,273  1,955  1,754  201  318  VIII     IX 1,771  1,505  1,352  153  266  IX     X 1,354  1,232  1,110  122  122  X     XI 1,945  1,476  1,239  237  469  XI     XII 1,582  1,309  1,109  200  273  XII   2007   I 1,314  1,066  866  200  248  I   2007   II 1,085  834  659  175  251  II     III 1,252  885  732  153  367  III     IV 869  709  554  155  160  IV     V 1,327  952  726  226  375  V     VI 1,208  1,082  908  174  126  VI     VII 2,394  1,975  1,758  217  419  VII     VIII 2,235  1,906  1,693  213  329  VIII     IX 1,299  1,175  1,059  116  124  IX     X 1,707  1,306  1,109  197  401  X     XI 1,879  1,401  1,101  300  478  XI     XII 1,562  1,396  1,048  348  166  XII   2008 * I 1,223  838  684  154  385  I * 2008   II 940  739  540  199  201  II     III 1,152  926  737  189  226  III     IV 701  564  414  150  137  IV     V 1,022  947  769  178  75  V     VI 844  764  657  107  80  VI     VII 1,764  1,541  1,399  142  223  VII     VIII 1,678  1,634  1,486  148  44  VIII     IX 1,268  1,268  1,095  173  -  IX

(1) Including potential immigrants. Excluding immigrating citizens (born abroad

to Israeli citizens, and came to Israel to settle).

(2) Including a small number of tourists who changed

their status to immigrants.

(3) Immigrants who received a permit for a permanent stay

according to Section 2 (a)(4) of the Law of Entry.