Interesting US Passport Statistics...

S Viemeister wrote in message ...
Simon Elliott wrote:

Blatt writes
The
usual instances were where a passport showed a stamp of Israel or
South Africa. But both Israel and the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus will stamp a separate piece of paper, so there's no excuse
really for a traveller to require a second passport.

I didn't realise that a Northern Cyprus stamp in one's passport would
cause problems.

I believe this is no longer true.

The effects of a TRNC stamp in your passport going into Greece are
unpredictible.

It is a violation of Republic of Cyprus law to enter or depart Cyrprus
from any but an authorised ROC port of entry.

While circumstances may have changed since my visit to Girne, the law
almost certainly has not. (By circumstances I mean the imminent entry
into the EU, and the opening of the Green Line.)

Simon Elliott wrote in message ...


For UK citizens, a visit to Libya requires a business visa stamped into
one's passport. One other middle eastern state I've visited (IIRC Oman)
used to jail visitors as a matter of routine if they turned up at the
airport with a Libyan visa.


In another thread somewhere I have mentioned a diplomatic courier
acquaintance who, like all couriers, has many passports, some of which
are always awaiting visas somewhere. The challenge for him is never to
offer for a visa a passport that contains an entry stamp that will
cause problems. Diplomatic immunity is fine (and couriers have more
immunity than most diplomats) but that won't be of use if the locals
take offense.

I am reminded of the story of the businessman who was dashed the
customs inspector 5 naira for the copy of Playboy in his valise that
the inspector found offensive. Only to have a policeman accost him and
tell him that he'd seen the guy pay a five naira bribe, and that would
cost him ten naira.

I would not like to be arriving as a diplomat (or in any other
capacity) at Robertsfield Airport just now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...45476-2003Sep8

But, once more, I digress.

"Blatt" schreef in bericht
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so there's no excuse
really for a traveller to require a second passport.

And what if he/she just travels a lot and wants to travel while his/her
passport is at a Consulate waiting for a visa to be processed?

Sjoerd