Hi folks,

I don't know if this topic has much to do with Flying Blue but I figured it's the place where I might reach many Frenchmen who travel a lot. Here's the situation:

I have a valid French passport with a bunch of long duration visas on it (Canada, Russia, ESTA...). But I also have a lot of "non good looking" stamps on it (Cuba, Russia, Abkhazia) and I'm being increasingly scrutinized when I cross Schengen/Canadian borders. I am aware that when you get a new passport valid visas get transfered to the new passport, but generally speaking I'd like to have one passport for "normal" destinations and one for more unusual destinations. I know it is possible to obtain a second French passport but the requirements appear quite vague.

I'd love to have some feedbacks from those of you who have gone through this process.

As far as I understand there are two options:
1) provide a supporting letter from your employer stating that you must travel while your passport is stuck in a consulate for another destination.

For this case can anyone tell me how detailed it has to be, i.e. will they verify that you are indeed working for that company etc.

2) prove that you are traveling non compatible destinations, in which case would it be enough to book refundable flights to let's say Israel and then to an Arab country? But again would you have to justify why you're traveling there?

PS: for Moderators if there is a specific forum for this kind of question could you direct me there.

Best regards,