15.06.2003|Court Documents|Response to Petition
AP (Jerusalem) 725/03 - Rajub et al. v. Minister of Interior et al. Preliminary Response by the Respondent
The respondent contends that the petition should be summarily dismissed because the government’s decision expressly states that a higher status should not be given during the graduated procedure for examining entitlement to family unification. In exceptional cases, in which the handling of the request took longer than necessary or more than a reasonable time, despite the full cooperation of the applicants, handling of the request would continue, but even in these cases, “the maximum status that can be given is a DCO permit or a B/1 visa, as the case may be.” Nonetheless, the respondent agrees to extend for one year the DCO permit that was given to the petitioner, and consents to a temporary injunction prohibiting his deportation from Israel.
