Originally Posted by eperaltaotero
Let's say that the passport got renewed. If she enters/leaves Chile using her current valid Chilean passport, at departure she would be required to present a visa to enter the US (as she's presenting her Chilean passport, not her US passport). That's what I'm trying to get at..
Ok, but why would she want to do that?
Wouldn't the easier way to travel JFK-SCL-JFK as a Chilean-American dual-national (i.e., with Chilean and American passports) be as follows:
1. For JFK-SCL, check-in with the airline using the US passport;
2. Upon arrival in SCL, present the Chilean passport to Chilean immigration control for swipe/entry stamp;
3. For the return SCL-JFK, check-in with the airline and present the US passport to be swiped;
4. Upon going through immigration control in SCL on departure, present the Chilean passport. If they ask for your visa to the US, then show your US passport. Otherwise proceed as normal; and
5. Upon arriving at JFK, use the American passport to clear US immigration ???
FWIW or not worth, when an American in Chile used a new American passport -- acquired while in Chile -- to depart from SCL back to the US, Chilean emigration authorities did not collect the fee for the US passport holder who had no prior proof of paying the reciprocity fee and no entry stamp in the passport.