Share A Visa?

While doing my research on the Messianic movement, I ran into an interesting older article in Mission Apostlica, a journal of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). It described the co-operation between the Caspari Center, an Israeli Messianic organization created by the Church of Norway, and the LCMS. The article, titled "Messianic Judaism and Mission Opportunity" by David R. Schmitt, described a situation that appears to be of questionable legality. The quote which got my attention is:

"To do so, the Norwegian Church Ministry to Israel is offering the Missouri Synod use of one of the visas for NCMI congregational/ministry work in Israel. Such visas are not presently granted by Israel; hence, NCMI is offering the Missouri Synod an opportunity they would otherwise not be able to pursue."

Was this even legal? And even if legal, can we call this moral? Does legality or morality matter when evangelizing the Jews? Probably not.