[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

Wed Aug 11 18:54:00 UTC 2010

Yaroslav: X has no problem with Israel, there's even an embassy in country X, from which he applied the visa, but since he is on a work permit in the Middle east, the embassy sticks the visa on another paper.  Since the country where he works from isnt in good terms with Israel, he travels to Israel from his homecountry X. Wouldn't the immigration officer in country X bar him passage due to the fact that a visa is only recognised if sticked on a passport, and not a piece of paper?

> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:37:43 +0400
> From: putevod at mccme.ru
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
> 
> 
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:34:12 +0000, Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Assess the following scenario:
> > 
> > If say, i'm in country X planning to go to Israel. And, i go apply for
> an
> > Israeli visa; but since i'm working in say, Dubai, the Israeli embassy
> > stamps my visa in a separate paper. I book my ticket to Haifa and go to
> the
> > airport. For me to board the airline, the airport authorities in my
> country
> > X need to scrutinise my documents at the immigration desk. Do you think
> > that officer will let me through if the visa isn't stamped on my
> passport?
> > Doesn't he have the right to deny me passage on grounds that the visa
> > hasn't been stamped on a bonafide document(i.e. The passport)? 
> > 
> 
> I am not sure about your scenario. If X does not recognize Israel
> obviously you can not fly from X to Israel. If Emirates do recognize
> Israel, you can fly from Dubai to Tel-Aviv (Haifa does not have the
> airport) and back. Having two Emirates stamps and nothing in between is a
> serious problem as far as X is concerned, and I believe it can only be
> solved by losing a passport in Dubai prior to traveling to X.
> 
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
> 
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