Originally Posted by
GUWonder
That is not the case for US-EU/Schengen/Canadian dual-nationals using their non-US nationality passports at non-US ports of entry where they have the non-US passport being scanned at the counters/kiosks on arrival in their country/region of citizenship.
Even for dual US-UK citizen passport users, using the UK citizen passport — BNO passport users don’t have the same UK entry allowance as UK citizens — at UK egates works just fine even when having flown into the UK with only the US passport and US passport details presented to the airline flying ORD/IAD/JFK/MSP/EWR/BOS/DFW/ATL/MIA/CLT/IAH-LHR.
It works just fine for my US dual-citizen travel party members as is.
I agree with you. I think the difference here is that the BNO passport does not give someone an unconditional right of abode in the UK, so you are still subject to immigration checks.
But, if your destination country is one where you have a fundamental right to live, I expect no problems. For instance, as a dual US/CAN citizen, I never had any issues clearing CBSA with a Canadian passport despite having used my US passport in APIS to "exit the US."
In the same spirit, I could see how an EU citizen arriving at a Schengen border will be automatically admitted regardless of whether he or she had used a US passport in APIS.
Still, I feel that we need to push airlines to allow for two APIS records. This would be much simpler, particularly after ETIAS is introduced.