Assess the following scenario:
If say, i'm in country X planning to go to Israel. And, i go apply for an Israeli
visa; but since i'm working in say, Dubai, the Israeli embassy stamps my visa in a
separate paper. I book my ticket to Haifa and go to the airport. For me to board the
airline, the airport authorities in my country X need to scrutinise my documents at the
immigration desk. Do you think that officer will let me through if the visa isn't
stamped on my passport? Doesn't he have the right to deny me passage on grounds that
the visa hasn't been stamped on a bonafide document(i.e. The passport)?
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:11:35 +0400
From: putevod(a)mccme.ru
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
I am curious if the Israeli embassies are going
to be lenient in
mid-eastern
countries and are aware of the issue, do you have their support? I would
also like to ask about the stamp being on a separate page? doesnt the
Visa
have to be on the passport itself, are you
talking about
two separate things?
In the past, sometimes Israeli entry authorities would agree to stamp a
passport of a citizen of a visa-free country on a separate page
(technically, on a page that does not belong to the passport) to avoid them
having Israeli stamps. I am not sure about the citizens of the countries
which do require visa - I think visa is always on a passport, but I think
it is easier for the organizers to inquire at the Foreign Ministry.
It this is indeed the case, the only way I see for a citizen of a country
A which does not recognize Israel to travel to Israel is the following. To
travel first to a country B which does recognize Israel, get in B Israeli
visa (which is anyway impossible to get in A), travel to Israel, lose a
passport while back in B, apply to the embassy of A in B and get a new
passport or a return certificate.
To me personally it sounds too complicated, but cases could be different.
Cheers
Yaroslav
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