Getting foreign license plates remotely (for specific countries). Is this possible?

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The Israeli part of the trip doesn't sound like a good idea, because:

  1. There are no ferries to Israel, from Europe or anywhere. There are some cruise ships but they don't carry cars.

  2. There are various limitations about cars crossing between Israel and Jordan/Egypt. E.g. [the Taba crossing website] (https://www.iaa.gov.il/en/land-border-crossings/menachem-begin/i-travel/) lists requirements for Israeli cars, doesn't mention other cars. I'm not sure the information is up to date, as most Israelis don't enter Egypt with their cars, though it seems very convenient. An unofficial page I saw says there's a limit of 50 cars per day.

Another possible issue is entering Cyprus from Turkey. The Republic of Cyprus considers this illegal entry, which can cause trouble when crossing from TRNC to RoC. Being an EU citizen may make it easier.

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To actually answer the question: no, you can’t get local license plates (full stop, not just not remotely) without also adhering to wildly different local laws and taxes, and having to start procedures of various and unknown length, especially in the more corrupt nations.

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You do not need local plates but you at least need to redo your routing and most likely abandon the whole thing because you are going to be in mortal danger at a lot of places. You are 45 years too late. But if you insist...

  1. Turkey to Iran. Take the Gurbulak - Bazargan border crossing. The roads are good on both sides and the other crossings can't be recommended: the road on the Iranian side of Kapikoy – Razi is not the best and going even further south in eastern Turkey at this time is a very unwise idea. Do note Canada, Ireland et al have issued travel advisories saying "avoid all travel to Iran".
  2. You do need to get to Iran if you wish to eventually arrive to Israel because there are no ferries from Europe to either Israel or Egypt and both Iraq and Syria is very dangerous to drive in and I do not even know whether you could enter either. From Iran, take the Bandar Lengeh ferry to Port Rashid in Dubai.
  3. From there you can get to Saudi Arabia which recently started to issue tourist visas and on to Jordan and then to Israel. It might look counterintuitive but the Allenby / King Hussein bridge crossing is a shorter drive than Aqaba. And most of the things you want to see in Israel is much closer to that too.
  4. If you want to drive to Egypt I would recommend going back to Saudi Arabia and take the Duba-Saf*ga ferry. Here's a recent report. While this obviously takes longer it skips the Sinai which is really dangerous for a single traveler to cross -- should you decide to take that route anyways, go south via Sharm El-Sheikh even if it's a longer route because you really need to avoid the northern Sinai for safety reasons.
  5. Even if you skip Egypt, on the way back you need to enter Saudi Arabia again. Make very sure you have nothing in the car indicating you have visited Israel. Your passport won't be stamped, Israel issues a separate piece of paper for that but Israeli souvenirs etc can give you away. Jordan will avoid stamps too -- but make sure you ask for it from both authorities on the Israeli-Jordan border. Jordan might give you a harder time by giving you a form to be filled out and then stamping that but it's not a big deal, they know what's up.
  6. Now you will get back to Iran and I presume continue to Pakistan. This is relatively easy now, there are new border crossings: https://en.irna.ir/news/84153386/Inauguration-of-Rimdan-Gabd-cross-border-gateway-major-step https://tribune.com.pk/story/2296118/pak-iran-border-mand-pishin-crossing-point-inaugurated but sectarian violence tends to flare up at the border so be very careful.

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