Can a Canadian citizen get 2 passports? (one for going to Israel and one for others)
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Can a Canadian citizen get 2 passports? (one for going to Israel and one for others)
My sister-in-law is a Canadian citizen living in the US.
She went to Israel for vacation a couple of yeas ago.
If she intends to travel to a country that bars entry
to any passport with an Israeli stamp, what can she do?
Can she go to the Canadian Consulate in the US and
apply for a 2nd Canadian passport? Or, should she simply
renew her current Canadian passport. (in which case the
new passport will have no stapms)
Thanks for your help!
She went to Israel for vacation a couple of yeas ago.
If she intends to travel to a country that bars entry
to any passport with an Israeli stamp, what can she do?
Can she go to the Canadian Consulate in the US and
apply for a 2nd Canadian passport? Or, should she simply
renew her current Canadian passport. (in which case the
new passport will have no stapms)
Thanks for your help!
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I have had experience with the same issue when travelling to Doha, Qatar a few weeks ago. Because I had an Israeli stamp in my passport, I had to fill out a designated application to apply for a second passport along with a typed letter explaining why I needed the second passport and then the State Department issued me a second passport which had validity of 2 years. Hence, I was/am carrying two valid passports simulatenously. Granted, this was in the US but I'm sure Canada handles the process similarly.
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She has since applied for another passport, so I guess she'll be alright.
Come to think of it, I can't recall any immigration official in the USA or even in the old Soviet Union, checking EVERY page of someone's passport. Or is this only something that immigration officials in Arab countries do?(checking for Israeli stamps/visa)
Come to think of it, I can't recall any immigration official in the USA or even in the old Soviet Union, checking EVERY page of someone's passport. Or is this only something that immigration officials in Arab countries do?(checking for Israeli stamps/visa)
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Originally Posted by pizzamiles
She has since applied for another passport, so I guess she'll be alright.
Come to think of it, I can't recall any immigration official in the USA or even in the old Soviet Union, checking EVERY page of someone's passport. Or is this only something that immigration officials in Arab countries do?(checking for Israeli stamps/visa)
Come to think of it, I can't recall any immigration official in the USA or even in the old Soviet Union, checking EVERY page of someone's passport. Or is this only something that immigration officials in Arab countries do?(checking for Israeli stamps/visa)
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Originally Posted by pizzamiles
My sister-in-law is a Canadian citizen living in the US.
She went to Israel for vacation a couple of yeas ago.
If she intends to travel to a country that bars entry
to any passport with an Israeli stamp, what can she do?
Can she go to the Canadian Consulate in the US and
apply for a 2nd Canadian passport? Or, should she simply
renew her current Canadian passport. (in which case the
new passport will have no stapms)
Thanks for your help!
She went to Israel for vacation a couple of yeas ago.
If she intends to travel to a country that bars entry
to any passport with an Israeli stamp, what can she do?
Can she go to the Canadian Consulate in the US and
apply for a 2nd Canadian passport? Or, should she simply
renew her current Canadian passport. (in which case the
new passport will have no stapms)
Thanks for your help!
The response, if I recall correctly was that yes, it is possible to have two simultaneus valid passports for such a situation as you have described. The second one being of only a 2 year validity.
Obviously more paperwork and a valid explanation are required. But the answer (at that time) is yes, yes it is possible.
Of course, calling a Canadian passport office if in Canada or your local embassy/consulate will get you the official answer.
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Originally Posted by MSP2000
For future reference, if she travels to Israel again, she can have them stamp the entry/exit stamp on a separate paper.
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Another option is to get an insert for a current passport. Then ask for the stamps to placed in the insert. Then take the insert out when traveling to countries with interest in the countries you have travel to. Works fine.
I have had many immigration officers go through every page in my passport. I have others stamp and go.
The question of where you have previously traveled goes both ways. Some countries may not let you in. Others may not let you fly out.
I have had many immigration officers go through every page in my passport. I have others stamp and go.
The question of where you have previously traveled goes both ways. Some countries may not let you in. Others may not let you fly out.
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Originally Posted by pizzamiles
...Come to think of it, I can't recall any immigration official in the USA or even in the old Soviet Union, checking EVERY page of someone's passport. Or is this only something that immigration officials in Arab countries do?(checking for Israeli stamps/visa)
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Originally Posted by holtju2
That was what I asked this morning and I got half an hour "interview" at the TLV. They didn't like the fact that I had been vacationing on BEY January this year. At the end they DID stamp my passport.
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Originally Posted by Jakebeth
Are you saying that you asked them to stamp it on a separate removable page, and they refused?
Really didn't feel welcomed to spend money and few days in Israel. They even questioned why I would come to TLV when there is a war here and why I had not cancelled the trip. I told that I hadn't seen any missiles to hit TLV so far on CNN.
Absolute stupidity IMHO.
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Originally Posted by MSP2000
For future reference, if she travels to Israel again, she can have them stamp the entry/exit stamp on a separate paper.