Thread: Travel to Israel with passport stamps from UAE and Qatar

Just a note on my experience as I think Israeli security controls can vary. On arrival I asked the passport control officer not to stamp my passport before handing over my passport and this was done without issue and was given a slip of paper in place. At the next control point I was asked to wait a bit and was later interviewed by an officer who wanted to know why I had UAE and Malaysian stamps in my passport and why I asked for my passport not to be stamped. The interview took about 15 minutes. On departure I was also interviewed about my travel to UAE and Malaysia and also no issue with the exit passport control officer not stamping my passport. Both the officers doing the interview were friendly. Also when departing the airline only cleared me for the flight about 15 minutes before gate closing but the airline check-in staff talked to security who let me bypass the line and go in front. BTW you get to keep the slip of paper in case you are like me and like to collect your visa stamps.