Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
They're practicing due diligence. If you are a U.S. PR or citizen, you are required by law to use your U.S. status to enter the U.S. If you enter on your Canadian passport, for instance, you could be deemed to have abandoned your PR status.
And I will be using my GC in the GE machine, as I always do. But to get a BP, I had to say I was a visitor.
Originally Posted by
cfischer
To the OP. Any new passport or green card will need manual verification in the UA system; once your GC is in the system you should be o.k. getting your BPs via OLCI ... works well for me.
Then if I'm at the airport early enough, I will be sure to hand over the GC so they can scan it.
Originally Posted by
cfischer
really? LX, LH, AC do not? Comes up for all of them every time I fly
Really. A Canadian passport is sufficient documentation to enter the US. No visa, no ETSA.
AC is the one I fly at least monthly. They ask for my destination address (similar to when I told UA I was a visitor). That has also been my experience with NH in TYO. AC has never been shown my GC. I've had agents at other airlines ask if I have a green card inappropriately (i.e. Canadian citizen transiting the US certainly needs nothing other than a passport), but this only ever happens at outstations, and handing it over seems to make it easier for them, so I oblige.
But UA's system (since it's their home country) should be smart enough to know that if my passport entitles me to entry, further questions are irrelevant.
I can see how it could be more complicated for a citizen of another country, but as a Canadian, my passport is almost as good as a US passport when it comes to entering the country.