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Old Dec 1, 2017, 2:08 am
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cafeconleche
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Just use your DE passport. The gate agent will not care. DE citizens are visa-waived in the US anyway and they don't really check status. If there's any doubt, you can always show them your US passport, but there likely won't be any need.

Returning, show the gate agent the DE passport, and if/when asked about ESTA, say you're a US citizen too, and if asked about the passport, show it. Again, shouldn't be a problem. Chinese immigration likely only need your DE passport. Again, if asked...

It's a game of showing only what is absolutely necessary at first, and only volunteering more if asked. You're legally a dual-citizen, so there's no need to be afraid. Just don't show your DE passport to CBP unless they ask for it... they're a bunch of whiners.
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