Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Travelling to UAE with Israeli Stamped Passport          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Non Aviation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message justbala Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1898 Location: Bangalore Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:44 pm    Post subject: Travelling to UAE with Israeli Stamped Passport I have an Indian passport which has a couple of Israeli B-Visa stamped on it. I hv travelled to Israel 4 times on these. Will I be issued a UAE B-Visa and will there be any issue while entering the country? p.s. I know for sure that KSA, Syria and Lebanon will not issue a visa in these cases. Regd UAE i hv not heard any confirmed data. Back to top BigTom Member Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Dubai, UAE Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:11 pm    Post subject: Hi Justbala, No you won't be allowed entry into the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar or Saudi Arabia if you have Israeli stamps on your passport. Transiting through DXB is no problem though. Cheers Back to top justbala Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1898 Location: Bangalore Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:28 pm    Post subject: BigTom wrote: Hi Justbala, No you won't be allowed entry into the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar or Saudi Arabia if you have Israeli stamps on your passport. Transiting through DXB is no problem though. Cheers Hi BigTom - Oman n Qatar dont see to hv a problem. My colleagues who hv Israeli visa hv travelled to both these countries on the same passport w/o trouble. In fact the only diplomatic post of Israel in the entire mid-east is in Doha. KSA I know for sure doesnt grant visa even to Jews. Back to top BigTom Member Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Dubai, UAE Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:28 pm    Post subject: Thougn restrictions are in place, there are always ways and means of getting business visas if the sponsor can pull enough strings. Israeli representatives and delegates have been visiting UAE for various events on a regular basis, eg the World Bank-IMF meeting, the IRU summit etc. But generally as a rule of thumb people who have visited Israel are denied entry visas. Would be best to check with whoever is organising your trip. Many people I know who live in the region, have travelled to Israel and got their entry and exit stamps on a separate piece of paper to avoid such situations when they visit the GCC. Cheers Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:37 am    Post subject: The other option would be to apply for an additional booklet. If I recollect the Bombay Passport authorities do issue addtional booklet if you tell them that you need to travel to Middle East but have Israeli stamp on your passport. Sri_bom Back to top Birendra Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:57 am    Post subject: sri_bom wrote: The other option would be to apply for an additional booklet. If I recollect the Bombay Passport authorities do issue addtional booklet if you tell them that you need to travel to Middle East but have Israeli stamp on your passport. Sri_bom How much time does it take for them to give us such an additional booklet. Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:06 pm    Post subject: Birendra wrote: sri_bom wrote: The other option would be to apply for an additional booklet. If I recollect the Bombay Passport authorities do issue addtional booklet if you tell them that you need to travel to Middle East but have Israeli stamp on your passport. Sri_bom How much time does it take for them to give us such an additional booklet. I dont know must be atleast a week I recollect one of my friends use to do that quite often... sri_bom Back to top BigTom Member Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Dubai, UAE Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:42 pm    Post subject: You should be able to get an additional booklet within a week on an urgent basis even earlier. Hope it works. Let us know how it pans out. Cheers Back to top justbala Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1898 Location: Bangalore Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:06 pm    Post subject: The visa team in my co. after contacting our office in UAE has informed me that there is no problem in me getting a B Visa to UAE. Back to top BigTom Member Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Dubai, UAE Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:05 pm    Post subject: Hey that's good news then. 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