Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Jordanian Visa Stamp shows Place of Entry

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Hi,

I´d like to know if the Jordanian visa stamp shows next to the date of entry also the place of entry?
I plan to cross the northern Israeli-Jordanian border and exit with my Israeli visa in my passport nr. 1 and then get my Jordanian visa in my passport nr. 2 and then leave with that passport from Jordan to Lebanon either via plane or if the political situations improve directly by passing Syria.
(Of course it is no option to get the Jordanian entry in passport nr. 1 because then the Lebanese or Syrians gonna ask me why I didn´t had a Jordanian visa coming from there.)

My passport nr. 2 becomes useless if the Jordanian visa mentions that I came through Jordan River crossing.

I hope you got me, guys, and I am looking forward to your replies!

All the best and always pleased and safe trips,
Jen

Yes, all Jordanian stamps show the name of the respective border post. One solution for you is to bite the bullet and buy an (expensive) one-way flight from Tel Aviv to Amman, then change your passports in mid-air. Arriving at Amman airport, you might have come from anywhere in the world, so that stamp will not be suspicious.

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Agreed.

At least you are smart enough to have recognized the issue. We hear all the time about people going out of their minds trying to avoid an Israeli stamp but think nothing of the Jordanian one they just got at the Aqaba border crossing.

Good luck.

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You can start in Lebanon and turn your itinerary round, no problem to enter Israel with a Lebanese stamp.

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Hi to all of you!

Thank you very much for your fast and helpful reply. :)
Well, because I gonna study for one year in Israel I can´t start from Lebanon - regarding the last reply...
So I will do my Beirut-trip from another airport than Amman.
I definitly won´t spend all my low student budget on a stupid Tel Aviv - Amman - flight. :(

Can I ask again: I just checked in the passport of a friend and we couldn´t find the name of the border crossing on her visa stamp?
But it doesn´t seems reasonable that at least two of you confirm that they will stamp the name of the border entry, right? So I assume that you both know it for sure. Sry, the wannabe-scientist is always critical ;)

I am wondering if I apply for a visa at the Jordanian embassy in Germany they won´t name any border crossing because they don´t know where I enter the border. Usually the ppl who are coming from the border near Jericho, Palestine do so. I guess it´s called King Hussein Bridge (Allenby). I will check it.. So I would have already my visa by entering to Jordan.
Any sudden inspiration? Could be working out for me?! hmm?

Thank you again travel-lovers!!

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They don't put the name of a border crossing on the visa, it is on the stamp.

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Ya,

visa is not stamp... yes, right! I understand. Well, I forgot. So there seems no way at all.
Getting my visa in the "virgin" passport ans asking for the entry stamp in the other one makes me even more suspicious I guess... hmm

Thank u!!

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They will not do that. The visa and the stamp(s) have to go together in the same passport.

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There's three parts to it. First you buy the visa which looks like a postage stamp, then they'll stamp your passport, which states the date and port of entry. When you leave, you'll also get an exit stamp with date and port of departure, usually all on the same page if they can. If any of those say Aqaba, Allenby Bridge, etc, you're not getting into Syria or Lebanon.

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Just a thought but couldn't you exit Israel into Egypt (Taba), and get the bus to Nuweiba and then the ferry across to Aqaba using your new passport to enter Jordan? Of course it might end up costing nearly as much as a flight but you'd get to see a few things along the way.

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#9

Syrians and Lebanese would look for your entry to Egypt stamp. :)

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I was thinking enter and exit Egypt on one passport, then enter and exit Jordan on the other. If questioned further down the line say the previous passport was full/lost/stolen whatever. They will be able to tell where you entered Jordan from the entry port but not where you were before that.

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OK. So you landed at Aqaba with the ferry. Where did you come from? Obviously from Egypt. Where is your entry and exit stamps? You don't have them (for whatever reason - makes no difference)? ENTRY DENIED! They assume you went to Israel. They don't have to prove anything. You have to prove that you didn't go to Israel. :)

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Did I understand you right,- you cannot go Lebanon-Jordan-Israel because you want to visit Lebanon and Jordan while you are studying in Israel or after you have finished your study there. No way to re-think the timing?

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Guys,

thank you so much for all your helpful replies!!
I know NOW that it won´t be possible at all to do it that way I wanted to do it.
and No, I cannot do it the other way around because I start studying soon.
And I wanted to visit in Beirut another german co-student of mine but I wanna visit also other german co-students going to London. So I will fly to London and then to Beirut then backwards to Istanbul and finally again to Tel Aviv.

Isn´t it funny that centuries ago there was a railway connecting Haifa and Beirut which is only 130km air line distance.
What a big shame!

And yes the advice Egypt - ferry - Aqaba - travel won´t work... the Lebanese are no fools neither the Israelis..

Ok, thanx again and always the right passport in your pocket ;)

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