Not stamping a passport on the departure port when traveling to Israel

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Stamping passports on entry and exit is not something they do for fun; it's international legal practice in order to record your entries and exits.

As such, while a "low-risk" national could possibly convince, say, a French, Greek or Italian border officer not to stamp them, the person could be in deep trouble if faced with an in-country police check.

So no, this is not a practical solution.

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This is a no-problem. Gaps in the stamp history is rather the rule and not the exception.

There are many situations where you won't get a stamp in your passport when crossing an international border, e.g.:

  • Your passport is usually not stamped when you leave or enter your home country.
  • Many countries generally only stamps passports on entry and not on exit.
  • Stamping may be superfluous due to international agreements. The passport of a citizen of one of the EEA states will e.g. not be stamped when leaving or entering any of the other EEA states.
  • It is not uncommon that citizens of neighbouring or 'friendly' countries can enter and leave with some kind of national id card instead of having to use a regular passport. Hence, there is no passport which can be stamped.

A gap in the stamp history can simply not be used as an indication that the passport holder has been anywhere specific.

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