Not stamping a passport on the departure port when traveling to Israel
This is a theoretical question, as an Israeli citizen, this doesn't apply to me.
There have been several questions about not stamping the passport on entry and departure from Israel to avoid having an Israeli stamp in case one would later travel to an enemy country, or is a citizen / resident of one.
And the answer is simple, Israel doesn't stamp passports but issues an entry and departure slip, also, make sure not to enter by land as you will have a Jordanian or Egyptian stamp from a border crossing with Israel.
But, even in those cases, you would still have a departure and entry stamp with a difference of dates and nothing in between. A rigorous inspection of one's passport would reveal this inconsistency and could land the traveler in trouble.
Is it possible to ask the authorities in other countries to not stamp the passport on departure and entry because you are traveling to/ from Israel and don't want any signs of the trip in your passport?
Best Answer
This is a no-problem. Gaps in the stamp history is rather the rule and not the exception.
There are many situations where you won't get a stamp in your passport when crossing an international border, e.g.:
- Your passport is usually not stamped when you leave or enter your home country.
- Many countries generally only stamps passports on entry and not on exit.
- Stamping may be superfluous due to international agreements. The passport of a citizen of one of the EEA states will e.g. not be stamped when leaving or entering any of the other EEA states.
- It is not uncommon that citizens of neighbouring or 'friendly' countries can enter and leave with some kind of national id card instead of having to use a regular passport. Hence, there is no passport which can be stamped.
A gap in the stamp history can simply not be used as an indication that the passport holder has been anywhere specific.
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Answer 2
Stamping passports on entry and exit is not something they do for fun; it's international legal practice in order to record your entries and exits.
As such, while a "low-risk" national could possibly convince, say, a French, Greek or Italian border officer not to stamp them, the person could be in deep trouble if faced with an in-country police check.
So no, this is not a practical solution.
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