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hi!
can anyone explain why the israeli goverment insist on a 60 year old man who has not lived in israel for 55 years and still does not live in israel, will need to register and to apply for an israeli passport! is there some sort of subsidy that the israelis are getting for there citizens?
If you are a citizen of a country, you are required to enter as such. They have different import/export rules and other things for citizens vs non citizens. I dont know all the rules, but you should follow the law.
Why do they need a reason?
The goal is simply to drive people as crazy as possible.
The goal is simply to drive people as crazy as possible.
No need to implement rules for that. We do that to ourselves 🙂
Grumpy- Perhaps this is a case of the clerk who sent the letter made a mistake and posted the letter because your name and address were was in their data base.
If you had US citizenship, and lived in Israel for 55 years, you would still need a US passport that was valid to come back here, and if you registered with the consulate or embassy when you got to Israel, they would very likely remind you of the same sort of thing. If you are a citizen, and you are out of the country, you are supposed to have a valid passport, because that is essentially the only thing you can use to go back. (For people who are only legally citizens of one country, it’s also the only thing they can use to get a visa to stay wherever they are). Frankly, If I were not tin the US, and my passport was going to expire, I would be thankful for the reminder, and move on.
doesnt each passport cost money?
While I was in the US for many years both my passports (US and EY) expired. I chose to renew only the EY. It was cheaper. I didn’t need my US passport to leave their or to enter EY. My EY passport was all I needed. Right now that’s the only passport I have. If I decide I want to leave, I’ll cross that bridge then.
You can travel to the US with an expired US passport to prove your citizenship. They have to receive you. But Israel must be different maybe because of security reasons.
I was told by several travel agents that if a U.S. citizen has an expired U.S. passport and wants to travel from Israel to the U.S., he shouldn’t even bother going to the airport, they will not let him on the plane. This may be a new rule, but it is in effect. I know some people who tried anyway, and indeed, they were turned away until they received an emergency passport from the U.S. embassy.
Only emes
It could be that they changed the law. Before you could enter the US with a birth certificate. Not anymore.
not only passports cost money in many places they charge a small fortune for their 1, canada charges mexicans who want to visit $250.00 for a visa, as a result you can book a fly for $150.00 . No visiting Canada for now.
mybat, that is/was for land crossings, not air crossings. Those require a passport, due to international standards/protocols.
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