Middle East - Israeli in Dubai

Has anyone been successful in getting a Dubai Visa on an Israeli passport?

Is there any problem getting into Dubai for an Israeli holding an American passport (born in Israel, Passport issued in Israel)?

Thanks,

You need a special reason to get a Dubai visa in an Israeli passport.

There is no problem to get into Dubai with an American passport - regardless of place of issue.

You need a special reason to get a Dubai visa in an Israeli passport.

There is no problem to get into Dubai with an American passport - regardless of place of issue.

Where would an American residing in Israel go to get a visa for Dubai?

As per information on their embassy's website in the US:

All Americans with U.S passports(Tourist Passports) valid for more than six months are welcome to enter the UAE, and no longer need to obtain a visa to enter the country if the duration of stay is less than one month. This includes US citizens with visas or entry stamps from other countries.

As per information on their embassy's website in the US:

All Americans with U.S passports(Tourist Passports) valid for more than six months are welcome to enter the UAE, and no longer need to obtain a visa to enter the country if the duration of stay is less than one month. This includes US citizens with visas or entry stamps from other countries.

The wording sounds as though they are specifically saying you CAN enter the UAE, with no issues, even if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport.

Exactly ;)

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Exactly ;)

Fantastic!

It's been that way for years now.

Even some Israelis lacking dual citizenship have gone to Dubai. For some -- but not all -- Israeli-only nationals who have legitimately entered Dubai, the travel document for entry into the UAE has often been issued in a third country or in the UAE. To acquire such document for entry into the UAE, such persons should seek out an invitation from a privileged party.

It's been that way for years now.

Even some Israelis lacking dual citizenship have gone to Dubai. For some -- but not all -- Israeli-only nationals who have legitimately entered Dubai, the travel document for entry into the UAE has often been issued in a third country or in the UAE. To acquire such document for entry into the UAE, such persons should seek out an invitation from a privileged party.

The excellent news is that the UAE is making it official policy that Israeli stamps in your passport have zero impact on entry into the UAE.

As for your comment on people with only Israeli citizenship, whatever may have happened, there's still no official UAE policy allowing basic entry (with visa obviously).

The wording sounds as though they are specifically saying you CAN enter the UAE, with no issues, even if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport.

Yep, the UAE embassy website here in the UK used to actually specify that Israeli stamps aren't a problem, that disappeared when they had a revamp though.

The excellent news is that the UAE is making it official policy that Israeli stamps in your passport have zero impact on entry into the UAE.
Contrary to your claim above, this is not news. The UAE has officially allowed for persons with Israeli stamps in passports to enter the UAE for years.

As for your comment on people with only Israeli citizenship, whatever may have happened, there's still no official UAE policy allowing basic entry (with visa obviously).

There is is an official UAE policy about entry into the UAE. It's a policy that does not ordinarily allow entry for most of the segment of Israelis holding only Israeli citizenship, but it does allow entry for some of the segment.

Contrary to your claim above, this is not news. The UAE has officially allowed for persons with Israeli stamps in passports to enter the UAE for years.

They had no policy either way. Some countries specifically don't allow people with Israel stamps in their passports to enter their country; others don't care. The UAE sometimes did, sometimes didn't. This is good in the sense that now, the UAE officially doesn't care.

There is is an official UAE policy about entry into the UAE. It's a policy that does not ordinarily allow entry for most of the segment of Israelis holding only Israeli citizenship, but it does allow entry for some of the segment.

We both know that's not the case. Every single country in the world has a policy about entry into said country. The UAE rarely allows Israelis in, only under significant pressure, such as the loss of millions of dollars in revenue from the Sony Open in response to barring Shachar Pe'er entry.

They had no policy either way.

On the contrary. The UAE having policies about such is not new. It has been the situation for years now.

We both know that's not the case.

On the contrary. Although if you want to assume to know what I do know and do not know, your above claim is not a surprise even as it would remain a fiction and based on the fictional power of mind-reading.

Every single country in the world has a policy about entry into said country.

... and what does that change?

The UAE rarely allows Israelis in, only under significant pressure, such as the loss of millions of dollars in revenue from the Sony Open in response to barring Shachar Pe'er entry.

The UAE rather routinely allows Israelis into the UAE when the Israeli uses a non-Israeli travel document -- it is anything but rare.

And the UAE has a policy for allowing into the UAE a small segment of Israelis with only Israeli citizenship -- that is the policy even as most of the segment of Israelis with only Israeli citizenship are not in a position to get entry on the basis of such UAE policy.