Lebanon: Whether a person with dual nationality travelling with a passport from a West African country would need a visitor's visa to enter Lebanon; whether the visa issued to that person is identical to that of a non-Lebanese citizen; if not, description of the different visas
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 17 May 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LBN39072.E |
| Reference | 2 |
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The April 2002 issue of the IATA Travel Information Manual (TIM) states that visas are not required for "those of Lebanese descent travelling on foreign passport (or travel document 'titre de voyage') holding valid Lebanese identity card, expired Lebanese passport, or Lebanese civil extract."
In a 15 May 2002 telephone interview, a representative of the Embassy of Lebanon in Ottawa stated that a person who has dual citizenship with Lebanon and a West African country, and who travels with a passport issued by that West African country, must apply for a Lebanese visitor's visa if he/she does not have either a Lebanese passport, a recognized travel document, or a Lebanese ID card. He also added that Lebanese visitor's visas issued to Lebanese citizens who are also citizens of another country are not different from those issued to non-Lebanese citizens.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Embassy of Lebanon, Ottawa. 15 May 2002. Telephone interview with representative.
Travel Information Manual (TIM) [Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands]. April 2002. "Lebanon."
