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Hi Yoni - I recommend that you keep your current tourist visa as long as possible (please note that you only need to enter the US while your visa is valid, so it is OK if your tourist visa expires AFTER you enter the US). At the time your next visa application, please note that the amount of time that passed since your previous visa expired usually has little to no impact on your new application. As for the timing of the application, usually it is good to do the tourist visa application while still in the army because you are obligated to return to Israel to complete your army service. Conversely, if you try to do the tourist visa application immediately after finishing the army, it is usually very difficult to be approved for the visa because most Israelis do not have strong ties to Israel immediately after completing their army service. I hope this helps. -Mike