Originally Posted by
BlackHappy
I don't know if it's common practice, but it wouldn't surprise me. There have been many stories of China immigration seizing one (ie, the Taiwan) passport if the traveler shows they have multiple passports. BR check-in staff at TPE and TSA have hinted to me in the past not to let China see, say, both US and Taiwan passports. So, it seems possible that they're using the lack of stamp as a clue that the traveler has a Taiwan passport.
As an update, Mrs. Majuki and I flew to PVG (from the US), and she didn't have any issues using her US passport with a valid 10-year visa to enter. She exited on the US passport as well but provided the Taiwan passport to BR upon check-in at PVG when headed to TPE. The only thing is they asked for was Mrs. Majuki's Chinese name when entering at PVG.
Originally Posted by
Majuki
I had a slight hiccup while leaving on a flight to Japan today. The ticketing agent at the JAL counters was thumbing through my passport, looking for a recent entry stamp. Since I used e-Gate to enter, my most recent entry was October 2014. I said I had used e-Gate, and she was looking for the e-Gate stamp (I didn't receive one) like the one in Mrs. Majuki's Taiwan passport, and then she asked if I had an ARC or APRC (I don't). I took out my GE card, which I don't normally carry, and said, "I have e-Gate through a new program." I think she remained unconvinced, but I got my boarding pass and proceeded through e-Gate to exit without issues.
I have now been asked, "你有ARC嗎?" at check-in with both BR and JL almost every time when I'm departing upon not seeing any entry stamps in my passport. For others enrolled in e-Gate for Global Entry, do you have a stamp on the endorsements page of your passport? Mrs. Majuki has this on the last page of her Taiwan passport that says, "e-Gate Immigration Stamp Exempted". I may be mistaken, but I thought I read somewhere that because GE doesn't make any indication of enrollment as part of the reciprocity with e-Gate that NIA makes no indication of e-Gate program enrollment. However, it would avoid the exercise of ticketing agents thumbing back and forth through my passport and upon absence of an entry stamp asking for my non-existent ARC. The check-in agents are always skeptical that I have e-Gate access. However, if I'm
leaving, wouldn't that between me and NIA? I don't understand the airline's interest in checking for entry stamps upon departure.