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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 12:41 am
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Originally Posted by oscar_G
hmm i have a situation, right now im in poland and in late august I did the dumb thing by showing my us passport in denmark (Schengen) instead of my dowod osobisty (ID card). The only way I can avoid problems at the border I understand is if I leave by christmas (90 days) or if i get a polish passport (i only have the id card, no adress, but valid), or if i get a Usa visa from warsaw. I was wondering what I should do if I don't go home for xmas and go to the border control showing my us passport with entry longer than 3 months(i.e. feb or summer) telling them that I'm a eu citizen too? Do i need to get a polish passport/usa visa now? I have a problem with going home since I bought a kitten she's 5 weeks old and has no vaccinations yet and I understand you need the animal to reside in the country for 6 months prior to leaving...hmm what should i do buy the ticket home leave cat, or stay with cat and get polish passport/usa visa/do nothing and say I'm a european too!
If I were you, I wouldn't worry. As long as you're in the EU and has EU-ID/passport you are set, forget about the US passport. When going back show your EU-passport at the border and your US passport at the gate and that's it. Gate-agents care only if you are entitled to enter the US, not when you had entered the EU (which is none of their business). You won't have an EU exit stamp in your US pass, but so what?
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