Originally Posted by
JohnMacWW
Mrs. JohnMacWW just got her Italian passport. (She claimed her Italian citizenship via her mother's father).
This summer she will make her first trip abroad with two passports. I would love any advice or thoughts on how to do this.
She will have a U.S. passport and an Italian passport. She will be visiting Europe some this summer. Also Bali in September
When do you use which passports?
What advantages do you get by entering a country on a Non-US passport?
If you enter a country on one passport, can you exit on the other.
Anything else?
-Always use your US passport when leaving and entering the US.
-As for which passport to use abroad, that depends on your destination (whether you are a citizen, visa requirements, etc.)
-Advantages of entering a country on a non-US passport: visa requirements. For example, as a US citizen if I wanted to travel to Brazil I would need to apply for a visa. If I enter using my HK passport, I don't need to apply for a visa.
-Enter and exit using the same passport
In your case, it wouldn't matter which passport she uses to go to Bali, because both US and Italian citizens require a visa.