ESTA and Dual Passports
Apr 12, 2015, 12:46 am
#31
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Hand them both, tell them which one the ESTA is "in" & which you entered Oz with, and let them deal with it. Regardless of which they use for departure, use the ESTA'd one to enter the US. Happens all the time and no one is likely to blink an eye at it all.
Apr 20, 2015, 11:34 pm
#33
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Use the NZ passport to exit Australia and the British passport (with ESTA) to enter the USA (and UK). There is no rule that says you have to use the same passport for the entire journey.
I hold NZ and British passports and I frequently exit NZ on the NZ passport and enter the UK on the British passport.
When departing the UK, to return to NZ, I show both passports and explain that I entered the UK on the British passport, but will be using the NZ passport to enter NZ.
When entering pre-flight information, I give details of the NZ passport.
I've never encountered any problem.
I hold NZ and British passports and I frequently exit NZ on the NZ passport and enter the UK on the British passport.
When departing the UK, to return to NZ, I show both passports and explain that I entered the UK on the British passport, but will be using the NZ passport to enter NZ.
When entering pre-flight information, I give details of the NZ passport.
I've never encountered any problem.
Jul 1, 2018, 10:58 am
#35
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Question
Hey Celle just wanted to know if you encountered any problems when you traveled to the USA with you british passport I’m doing the same I went to the USA on a Portuguese passport before but now I’m a UK citizen I’m using my British passport with a valid approved esta my Portuguese esta has expired will I be fine?
I have dual nationality, NZ and UK. Both are visa-waiver countries. It's perfectly legal for me to have and use 2 passports. I depart and re-enter NZ using my NZ passport and use the UK passport to enter and depart the UK.
When entering/ transitting the US, I usually use my NZ passport.
Using my NZ passport details, I have already applied for (and been granted) the on-line ESTA for my 3-day stay in the US in March 2010.
I now may need to do a quick trip from NZ to the UK at the end of this month, transitting through LAX.
Rather than going on-line and altering details of my proposed accommodation in Florida in March (and then having to alter them again after the January trip), I am considering applying for a new ESTA, using my UK passport details.
Since my fingerprints and facial recognition are already somewhere in the system (from previous entries to the US) but are presumably linked to my NZ passport, will I have a problem at LAX when I arrive and am fingerprinted etc, using the UK passport?
When entering/ transitting the US, I usually use my NZ passport.
Using my NZ passport details, I have already applied for (and been granted) the on-line ESTA for my 3-day stay in the US in March 2010.
I now may need to do a quick trip from NZ to the UK at the end of this month, transitting through LAX.
Rather than going on-line and altering details of my proposed accommodation in Florida in March (and then having to alter them again after the January trip), I am considering applying for a new ESTA, using my UK passport details.
Since my fingerprints and facial recognition are already somewhere in the system (from previous entries to the US) but are presumably linked to my NZ passport, will I have a problem at LAX when I arrive and am fingerprinted etc, using the UK passport?
Mar 25, 2023, 12:53 pm
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Reviving this thread with another similar question:
I will soon have to send in my NZ passport (which has an ESTA) to the US consulate in Auckland to have a work visa approved/put in it. I'll be without the passport for possibly 2 months. In that time I need to go to the US for a week for a conference. I'm assuming I could apply for an ESTA on my UK passport and travel to the US on that while my NZ passport is being processed at the consulate?
I could also go to the conference on my NZ passport and ESTA and then send in the NZ passport when I'm back. This is the simplest approach but would delay the work visa approval by at least a month.
I will soon have to send in my NZ passport (which has an ESTA) to the US consulate in Auckland to have a work visa approved/put in it. I'll be without the passport for possibly 2 months. In that time I need to go to the US for a week for a conference. I'm assuming I could apply for an ESTA on my UK passport and travel to the US on that while my NZ passport is being processed at the consulate?
I could also go to the conference on my NZ passport and ESTA and then send in the NZ passport when I'm back. This is the simplest approach but would delay the work visa approval by at least a month.
Mar 27, 2023, 12:29 pm
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Reviving this thread with another similar question:
I will soon have to send in my NZ passport (which has an ESTA) to the US consulate in Auckland to have a work visa approved/put in it. I'll be without the passport for possibly 2 months. In that time I need to go to the US for a week for a conference. I'm assuming I could apply for an ESTA on my UK passport and travel to the US on that while my NZ passport is being processed at the consulate?
I could also go to the conference on my NZ passport and ESTA and then send in the NZ passport when I'm back. This is the simplest approach but would delay the work visa approval by at least a month.
I will soon have to send in my NZ passport (which has an ESTA) to the US consulate in Auckland to have a work visa approved/put in it. I'll be without the passport for possibly 2 months. In that time I need to go to the US for a week for a conference. I'm assuming I could apply for an ESTA on my UK passport and travel to the US on that while my NZ passport is being processed at the consulate?
I could also go to the conference on my NZ passport and ESTA and then send in the NZ passport when I'm back. This is the simplest approach but would delay the work visa approval by at least a month.
I would suggest prioritizing making sure the work visa approval is not delayed and being able to document to US CBP that the attendance at the conference is of a nature for which the US VWP/ESTA may be used and no work visa required.