Israel to Jordan then Syria

The easy way to do it: Go to Syria BEFORE Israel!

Do you have any reason for going to Israel first?

Yes, I'm flying into Tel Aviv

Forget about going overland to Syria and come up with some way to exit Israel by flight.

#2 But why do you fly to Tel-Aviv? Do you already have the ticket? Can't you cancel and refund the ticket?

#3 Even if you fly out of Israel you will still have evidence in your passport that you have been in Israel. You can ask, beg, plead and scream not to have your passport stamped, but there is absolutely no guarantee that the immigration official will comply with your request. Reports on this forum are that they are no longer willing to stamp a separate piece of paper.

The only way you can do this in one trip is to have a return flight to Jordan, and make one side trip to Syria and after that another side trip to Israel. That way, the Syrians won't know that you are planning to go to Israel, which for them is as bad as having been to Israel.

Otherwise, since you say you'll be travelling to Israel so I assume that's the prime focus of your trip, you will have to forget Syria or wait until you have another passport with no evidence of your visit to Israel.

I already have the ticket paid for, none refundable. I am flying into Tel Aviv, meeting someone in Jerusalem, then going to Jordan and then going to Damascus. I was thinking of maybe flying from Israel to Jordan, would that get around the issue of having been in Israel? Obciously I will not mention at the Jordan/Syria border that I have been to Israel.

If you are going to Israel first then the only chance you have of not ending up with evidence of a trip to Israel is to fly to Jordan from Israel as this means you will get a Jordanian entry stamp with no evidence of a trip to Israel

This of course doesn't work if Israel stamps your passport, in which case you aren't going to Syria

There IS one possibility for going to Syria from Israel and back, but it's VERY expensive and you need to have 2 passports!

1. Some countries(Hungary, Germany and probably many others) allow their citizens to legally hold 2 passports the same time. I'm not talking about double citizenship! I'm a Hungarian citizen(nothing else) and I have 2 Hungarian passports(1 is valid until 2010 the other until 2012). In case Ireland allows that, get a second passport, if not my trick won't work!

2. Royal Jordanian airlines has a daily flight from TLV to AMM every morning. You pay 250 USD for the privilage of this 45 min flight, because RJ has a monopoly on this route. Ask for a window seat on the left side, you might see Jerusalem and/or the Dead Sea.

3. Before you get to the immigration at the Amman airport don't forget to put away your passport with the Israeli stamp and get out your second passport. This way you have no evidence of visiting Israel in your passport, but in the unlikely case the Syrian immigration searches your stuff they might find your first passport, so it's better to leave that(probably in a small bag with other stuff not to arouse suspicion) in Jordan at a trustworthy hotel/hostel until you're in Syria.

4. No need to fly on the way back to Israel! You saved 250 USD! :-)

Finally:

I guess now you do understand why we all insisted that you visit Syria first! A return flight to Amman as Shuffaluf suggests.

So it's possible to start in Israel and go to Syria, BUT see 1. 2. 3. !

#7

Unless you have done it, you are assuming that the Jordanian authorities wont insist on stamping same passport as the one with the TLV exit stamp in it.

Even if you have done it, there is always a chance that they might.

I am not aware of large numbers of citizens of Germany/Hungary travelling with multiple passports (or even small numbers really, and yes I would know). I'm not saying you can't, I'm just saying its not common so the Jordanian authorities might be a bit puzzled too.

FYI beware, ALWAYS stick to one of your passports only when travelling in Australia and don't try and be 'tricky' with two.

#8

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"I already have the ticket paid for, none refundable. I am flying into Tel Aviv, meeting someone in Jerusalem, then going to Jordan and then going to Damascus."

No you are not
The Israeli stamp in your passport means you are not going anywhere, even if you fly from TLV to AMM