What are the laws that define when should someone do only one day of Yom Tov (Shavuot for example) or 2 days?
For example, how long do you have to stay in Israel? Are there other factors?
Answer
Read this moving story which I find very relevant to your question.
The story is told by a holocaust survivor who came to deeply regret not heeding to Rav Kook's begging of him to make Aliyah in the 20's.
The story suggests that the Halachic criterion for a Ben Eretz Yisrael is only the wholehearted decision to live in Eretz Yisrael.
As has been pointed out in the comments a story (even by the great Simchah Raz) is not a viable Halachic source. It is however something to start with to seek out the source for this opinion.
My assumption is that even those who hold this opinion would require a person who has made the decision to make Aliyah to actually be in Israel for the chag, but maybe not.
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