Traveling with Dual Citizenship
May 19, 2017, 2:01 pm
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Traveling with Dual Citizenship
Hello,
I haven't been able to find a straight answer on this anywhere. I have dual US/German citizenship. I know that I have to enter and exit the US on the US passport and the EU on the German one. But where exactly do I "exit" the United States?
There is no passport control for departures in the United States. And based on what I've read, airlines send your check-in information to your destination. So if I were flying to Germany, I'd have to scan my German passport at airline check-in because I'd be using that one to enter Europe. Is that correct? How do other dual US/EU citizens deal with this? I want to be sure I do it the right way on an upcoming trip. It's been years since I've flown internationally, so there was always a person I could show both to at check-in, but I've heard from friends that now it's all just kiosks and that the people at the counters don't check you in - they just direct you back to the kiosks 
Thank you!
I haven't been able to find a straight answer on this anywhere. I have dual US/German citizenship. I know that I have to enter and exit the US on the US passport and the EU on the German one. But where exactly do I "exit" the United States?
There is no passport control for departures in the United States. And based on what I've read, airlines send your check-in information to your destination. So if I were flying to Germany, I'd have to scan my German passport at airline check-in because I'd be using that one to enter Europe. Is that correct? How do other dual US/EU citizens deal with this? I want to be sure I do it the right way on an upcoming trip. It's been years since I've flown internationally, so there was always a person I could show both to at check-in, but I've heard from friends that now it's all just kiosks and that the people at the counters don't check you in - they just direct you back to the kiosks Thank you!
May 19, 2017, 2:10 pm
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Hello,
I haven't been able to find a straight answer on this anywhere. I have dual US/German citizenship. I know that I have to enter and exit the US on the US passport and the EU on the German one. But where exactly do I "exit" the United States? There is no passport control for departures in the United States. And based on what I've read, airlines send your check-in information to your destination. So if I were flying to Germany, I'd have to scan my German passport at airline check-in because I'd be using that one to enter Europe. Is that correct? How do other dual US/EU citizens deal with this? I want to be sure I do it the right way on an upcoming trip. It's been years since I've flown internationally, so there was always a person I could show both to at check-in, but I've heard from friends that now it's all just kiosks and that the people at the counters don't check you in - they just direct you back to the kiosks
Thank you!
I haven't been able to find a straight answer on this anywhere. I have dual US/German citizenship. I know that I have to enter and exit the US on the US passport and the EU on the German one. But where exactly do I "exit" the United States?
There is no passport control for departures in the United States. And based on what I've read, airlines send your check-in information to your destination. So if I were flying to Germany, I'd have to scan my German passport at airline check-in because I'd be using that one to enter Europe. Is that correct? How do other dual US/EU citizens deal with this? I want to be sure I do it the right way on an upcoming trip. It's been years since I've flown internationally, so there was always a person I could show both to at check-in, but I've heard from friends that now it's all just kiosks and that the people at the counters don't check you in - they just direct you back to the kiosks Thank you!
May 20, 2017, 1:47 pm
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I've CH/US, and I typically travel as swiss unless entering the USA. Then I travel as a US citizen. I generally let the airline I'm traveling with to/from the US know I'm a US citizen when dropping my bags off. When dealing with border agents, if I'm going into the US, I'm American, and give my US passport. In all other cases, I'm Swiss.
May 20, 2017, 1:52 pm
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I'm a dual US/UK citizen, and what I do when traveling between the two is basically use my US passport at all points, except for when I reach the UK, at which point I use my UK passport in the automated barriers to enter the UK.
May 20, 2017, 10:45 pm
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I am dual US/CA -- I always give the airline my US passport (which mostly Delta/SkyTeam) and when entering the US. Going to the EU if I'm traveling with my Canadian (only) cousin I use the Canadian passport out of solidarity. I also for some arbitrary reason use the Canadian to enter UK/Ireland. Otherwise I use the US -- but I don't go anywhere exotic 
Back before Global Entry I used the Canadian one more, as the US CBP agents always stamped the US one (and somewhat haphazardly) and I was running out of pages (even after having pages added).
Back before Global Entry I used the Canadian one more, as the US CBP agents always stamped the US one (and somewhat haphazardly) and I was running out of pages (even after having pages added).