Keywords: Ambassador Shapiro and Consul General Mire Present Embassy Tel Aviv's First Visas for Same-Sex Partners.jpg en Taking advantage of new rules allowing married same-sex partners to receive federal benefits put in place after the U S Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA the U S Embassy in Tel Aviv Israel issues its first-ever derivative visas to the same-sex spouses of two Israelis relocating to the United States on work visas U S Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro and Consul General Lawrence Mire present the approved visas to Sergey Shepshelevich and Alexander Polyakov as well as Elad Ben Yosef and Idan Frumin at the Embassy ™s visa section on August 8 2013 State Department photo by Matty Stern/ Public Domain 2013-08-08 15 22 17 http //www flickr com/photos/statephotos/9465203455/sizes/o/in/photostream/ U S Department of State U S Department of State http //flickr com/photos/9364837 N06/9465203455 2013-08-09 00 50 32 United States Government Work PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Daniel B Shapiro |