Not to mention that the visa itself has to be on the passport and remain there, no matter where the stamp goes.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Abbas Mahmoud <[email protected]>wrote: > 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: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:11:35 +0400 > > From: [email protected] > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
