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I really need advice on crossing the Taba-Eilat border on my own!
Good afternoon, dear forum users! We have such a situation: in the second half of April we fly with my husband and child to Sharm, we have a relative in Israel whom we want to see. He is ready to meet us at the border from the Israeli side. I already understood how to get to Taba (bus or taxi). The question is: what should we do at the border? Ask him to issue an invitation for 2 days? Or say that we are going ourselves as tourists? Or will they not let you in without booking a hotel in Israel? I will be very grateful for your advice!
I don’t consider a trip with a tour group, because. standing at the border for many hours with a 9-year-old child is not an option (((
I don’t consider a trip with a tour group, because. standing at the border for many hours with a 9-year-old child is not an option (((
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"We go ourselves as tourists" definitely will not work. It's better to have an invitation.
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answered 7 years ago
can return half the bus from an excursion from Sharm to Israel
Israeli border guards, even when you go on an excursion and have a passport with Schengen visas and without violations of entry and exit to other countries, will ask a lot of questions, look at your phone or tablet to see if there are relatives or friends in Israel, they may even ask you to go to your page in facebook to show who your friends are
Go to a relative on your own, you will be wrapped back in Sharm
Israeli border guards, even when you go on an excursion and have a passport with Schengen visas and without violations of entry and exit to other countries, will ask a lot of questions, look at your phone or tablet to see if there are relatives or friends in Israel, they may even ask you to go to your page in facebook to show who your friends are
Go to a relative on your own, you will be wrapped back in Sharm
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answered 7 years ago
Isn’t it more convenient for him to ride from Israel to Sharm, because under the terms of the Camp David Peace Treaty, a visa-free Sinai stamp was invented first of all for the Israelis. True, as the current situation between them will allow or not!
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answered 7 years ago
mindguru meant that there were no violations in visiting other countries, there are visas and stamps of other countries and there are no violations in terms of departure from the Schengen countries - not inclined to escape to another country
Although Israeli border guards turn back tourists with European passports
Although Israeli border guards turn back tourists with European passports
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answered 7 years ago
That Israel, that Egypt - they do not care about your Schengen.
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answered 7 years ago
Germans are usually not wrapped.
The Germans walk freely back and forth along the green path.
The Germans walk freely back and forth along the green path.
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answered 7 years ago
I don’t know about the Germans, in October 2017, on such an excursion to Israel, several Belgians were wrapped
And for visas of other countries, I had a US visa in my passport, Israeli officers at the border asked for what purpose I went to the USA and when they didn’t check anything else, they said that everything was OK, 11 people were returned from our bus back to Sharm, others they check not only phones and tablets, they asked the maiden names of mothers and the surnames and names of grandparents and where they lived in what territory.
And for visas of other countries, I had a US visa in my passport, Israeli officers at the border asked for what purpose I went to the USA and when they didn’t check anything else, they said that everything was OK, 11 people were returned from our bus back to Sharm, others they check not only phones and tablets, they asked the maiden names of mothers and the surnames and names of grandparents and where they lived in what territory.
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answered 7 years ago
Thanks for the info! I really want to visit relatives, but we are worried about crossing the border! Is it possible that even with an invitation and return tickets from Sharm to Ukraine (and without things with them), a family with a child can not be missed?
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answered 7 years ago
I give you 100% that they will not let you in, after the words that you are going to visit relatives in Israel.
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answered 7 years ago
It's not about the tickets, for the Israelis you are potential emigrants. And the fact that you are visiting relatives increases the chance that you will stay there even more. Many people go to Sharm, to a hotel, then on an excursion and get lost somewhere in the country....
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answered 7 years ago
once again about crossing the border I found a question-answer thread: https://www.turpravda.ua/eg/question-70427.html
here the girl writes a review on the procedure:
"3. After standing in line, we approach the passport control window and the interrogation begins from where, where, why, checking mobile phones, rummaging through photographs, reading messages, interrogating with special cynicism, in general, stupidly humiliating
4. After interrogations and checks, you are either given your passport and you go to look for the meeting party, who does not even consider it necessary to introduce himself, does not conduct any explanatory work, simply collects the bus and sends it voicing the name of the guide, OR they take your passport and you are waiting for a separate interview, WAIT until 5.00, it will be clear whether you will be let in or not"
here the girl writes a review on the procedure:
"3. After standing in line, we approach the passport control window and the interrogation begins from where, where, why, checking mobile phones, rummaging through photographs, reading messages, interrogating with special cynicism, in general, stupidly humiliating
4. After interrogations and checks, you are either given your passport and you go to look for the meeting party, who does not even consider it necessary to introduce himself, does not conduct any explanatory work, simply collects the bus and sends it voicing the name of the guide, OR they take your passport and you are waiting for a separate interview, WAIT until 5.00, it will be clear whether you will be let in or not"
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answered 7 years ago
continued "5. Of the 200 people at 3.00, 80 people were left without passports, until 5.00, after individual interrogations, 4 people remained with deportation stamps, and no one really says anything, they give the act of deportation and the number of the Israeli embassy in Ukraine, where you can get clarifications, 20 people missed after the conversation. At 7.00 we were left with 45 people, of whom 4 had already been deported, and the rest were not even invited to the conversation.
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answered 7 years ago
Thank you! It turns out that people who have relatives/friends there cannot enter Israel? Why, then, indicate that to visit the country you need an invitation with the address of relatives?
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answered 7 years ago
zolyshka111 thank you! I just read somewhere on the forum that they don't let single, unemployed people in... you can understand that! But can a family with a child without things get lost? And we planned to go on our own, not with a tour...
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answered 7 years ago
We are potential emigrants for Israel, just many of them travel light so as not to attract attention, it is clear that if you go with trunks, they will not let you in, this is obvious. In recent years, people have been trying to go there in different ways. Israeli customs officers are very professional in their work. If you wanted to illegally want to emigrate to Israel, then one of the easiest options is to just go through Egypt)))) Back in 2013, I was told at the border not to say if there are friends, relatives in Israel. I'm not saying that you want to stay there, I'm just saying that if you go as you want, they won't let you through.
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answered 7 years ago
At the expense of inviting relatives, then let them send it to you, buy a ticket Kyiv Tel Aviv and fly directly bypassing Egypt, although even there they may not be allowed to enter Ben Gurion ....
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answered 7 years ago
Thank you! There is another important question, maybe someone is aware? If a tourist is still not allowed through at the border, and he returns to Sharm, does he need to pay an exit fee from Israel and an entry fee to Egypt?
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answered 7 years ago
... "and sit back comfortably and taste the seafood"..,.and it's not easier to visit a RELATIVE directly. Tickets up to $200 round trip. And so you won’t have time to drink tea. IMHO.
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answered 7 years ago
If a tourist is still not allowed through at the border, and he returns to Sharm, does he need to pay an exit fee from Israel and an entry fee to Egypt?
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No.
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No.
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answered 7 years ago
If a tourist is still not allowed through at the border, and he returns to Sharm, does he need to pay an exit fee from Israel and an entry fee to Egypt?
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It is necessary (from practice: those who rode with us in March 2018, but not from the official, PAID $ 7 each)
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It is necessary (from practice: those who rode with us in March 2018, but not from the official, PAID $ 7 each)
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answered 7 years ago
And yet, it’s probably easier to go with a group BUT from the official, if they don’t let you through, then you will have less expenses in the end
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answered 7 years ago
If anything, read my additional review (March'18), there is information about the transition and return:
https://www.turpravda.ua/eg/sharm_el_sheyh/blog-297387.html
https://www.turpravda.ua/eg/sharm_el_sheyh/blog-297387.html
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answered 7 years ago
At the expense of inviting relatives, then let them send it to you, buy a ticket Kyiv Tel Aviv and fly directly bypassing Egypt ...
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answered 7 years ago
solt07 and tell me, where did you watch tickets for $200?!?!
I have never seen less than $400
I have never seen less than $400
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answered 7 years ago
Early booking, night-early flights, promotions, you need to "catch". Vouchers "on the ball" are not on free sale either.
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answered 7 years ago