UAE Re-Entry After Lebanon Travel: Recent Experiences
Summary
In r/Lebanon, a community member asks about returning to the UAE after a short visit to Lebanon, amid regional tensions and concerns about possible scrutiny of Lebanese Shia travelers. They describe having a foreign passport, a valid UAE work visa, and a history of trouble-free trips, and seek recent airport experiences from others.
How's UAE re-entry these days? Asking as a Lebanese Shia
I'm Lebanese Shia, born in Beirut, but I have a South American passport and my UAE residence is on it. Been living here 5 years, valid work visa with a multinational, clean record, no political affiliations whatsoever.
For context I'm a guy in my early 20s. In these 5 years I've gone back and forth to Lebanon at least 10 times and never had a single issue. Never got stopped or questioned, all my entries and exits were smooth.
I'm in the UAE right now and planning to go visit my parents in Lebanon next week, but with everything happening in the region I'm honestly nervous about coming back in after. It's not the Lebanese part that worries me, it's more the Shia part and whether that gets you flagged these days even with a clean record. I'm not even practicing, it's just the name and background at this point. Maybe the foreign passport helps, maybe it doesn't matter at all if they're going by names, I really don't know.
Thing is my whole life is here. Job, bank account, apartment, car. Getting denied entry after a short trip would be a disaster for me.
Has anyone traveled recently and made it back in fine? Or heard of anyone having issues at the airport? Any info helps.
Post Author: /u/CryptedScream
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