Originally Posted by stevenshev
Okay, so a weird, but quick question. I know if you are a dual citizen and enter one of your countries of citizenship you are not entitled to the consular protections of the other country. But what about if you enter a third country?
Here's my example.
J'ai un Aussie passport and a US passport.
If I enter Israel on my Aussie passport (stamps, etc.), will the US Embassy still provide me Consular Assistance if I need it? Will the Israelis give me access to the US Embassy if anything goes wrong? Or only to the Australian embassy?
Also, by the way, any advice on whether I'm better off entering Israel on my well-used Aussie passport which has lots of stamps from boring places as well as a few fun ones (China, Russia, South America), or on my completely empty (save for US stamps) US passport? The reason I ask is that I plan to travel to Dubai in a few months and want to recieve the least harassment in both places, so would appreciate recommendations on which passport to use where.
I don't understand what kind of harassment you are trying to avoid in Dubai. Just avoid getting the Israeli stamp in the passport and it won't make any difference for most people unless you are planning on landing into trouble.
FWIW or not worth, DXB immigration hasn't cared to check for Israeli stamps on many of our entries recently; and last month they even actively skipped over Israeli stamps in US and UK passports.
The UAE (Dubai) could care less if you use an Australian or US passport to enter. But the UAE establishment is more closely aligned with the US than with Australia; and influence of senior current and former US officials is greater in Dubia than current and former Australian officials' influence. US influence vis-a-vis Israel is greater too. So I guess that would mean use the US passport in both places and avoid getting the Israeli stamp out of an "abundance of caution" -- "caution" that's not even necessary for most when it comes to visiting or transiting Dubai.