Originally Posted by
alenal2012
Last names are not too different. Example: Smirnova vs Smiaornava. I do have legal documentation confirming the name change.
Thank you for your advises.
I was thing to do this: buy ticket on US passport name. On arrival to Belarus I don't think it's going to be an issue since I will be showing my Belorussian passport at the customs and on arrival I don't think they ask for ticket.
When I go back from Belarus to US I will show both passports at the Belorussian airport and if they have issue so what? I am going to America on American passport and ticket with US name on it. They will not hold me in Belarus...
Am I wrong. In any case...I will bring my documentation of the legal name change...
Thank you!
That works.
Some countries (or sub-national jurisdictions) have such rigid name rules that some dual-citizens of such countries are unable to get the names to match in the passports of all countries of which they are a citizen. These people may lawfully travel between the countries of their citizenship even as the names on all documents are not an exact match in some sense or another.
Originally Posted by
RussianTexan
The problem here is that your US Passport with your US name will not have a Belarusian visa. The check-in desk will wonder what's up and ask for your Belarusian passport. Not sure on the issues with the spelling difference, but I didn't go this route with the United desk in Texas. Just showed 'em the Russian passport & was on my way. I just wasn't in the mood for any probing questions or whatever. The first time I had to show my U.S. passport was at the Lufthansa check-in desk in St. Petersburg.
That ought not be a problem for the airline, the passenger or the receiving country if having both countries' passports, as the ordinary passports are a valid travel document that is prima facie evidence of a right to enter the country of citizenship regardless of how another country may recognize an individual's names.
An airline rep may make an issue about the name differences, but it is infrequent and not generally justified.