Dual Nationality of LPR

[Davency 0]

Hello friends,

my mother entered first time as LPR with indian passport and got her Green Card.

She is leaving for short visit to india. My question is Can she reenter with another nationality and another passport?

Do the officers at POE compare the green card with nationality or they only check for ID ?

any response is highly appreciated.

[Hypnos 6,576]

Green card holders are not required to show a passport upon (re)entry to the US, only their permanent resident card. That being said, sometimes you are asked for it (voluntarily) and it wouldn't be an issue to present another legitimate passport that you were entitled to use.

[kzielu 1,147]

Green card holders are not required to show a passport upon (re)entry to the US, only their permanent resident card. That being said, sometimes you are asked for it (voluntarily) and it wouldn't be an issue to present another legitimate passport that you were entitled to use.

You sure about that ? 5 times out of 5 I was entering so far, CBP officer was scanning my passport and only looked at the permanent resident card...

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I thought Indian citizens could not be citizens of any other country.

[Hypnos 6,576]

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1191:

"Lawful Permanent Residents of the U.S. must present a Permanent Resident Card ("Green Card", INS Form I-551), a Reentry Permit (if gone for more than 1 year), or a Returning Resident Visa (if gone for 2 years or more) to reenter the United States. U.S. LPRs do not need a passport to enter the United States as per (8 CFR 211.1(a))"

[aaron2020 11,651]

I thought Indian citizens could not be citizens of any other country.

Nice catch.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

If she's only an LPR not a citizen she doesn't have dual nationality. She's still an Indian national.

Although you don't technically need a passport to enter it's my understanding CBP officers want to see another proof of ID as well as the GC, and a passport is the obvious one.

Edited February 5, 2014 by SusieQQQ

[aaron2020 11,651]

If she's only an LPR not a citizen she doesn't have dual nationality. She's still an Indian national.

Although you don't technically need a passport to enter it's my understanding CBP officers want to see another proof of ID as well as the GC, and a passport is the obvious one.

Nobody said her other citizenship is US.

Doesn't really make sense if the OP is asking about entering the US with a US passport and green card.

The second citizenship is something other than Indian and US.

However, India does not allow its citizens to have other citizenships after age 18.

An LPR can defiantly have multiple citizenships. It just happens that the LPR dies not have US citizenship.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

It makes it seem like the person is going to leave and obtain another citizenship, and enter the US as a newly minted citizen of another place.

[aussie_jason 195]

How would you even gain a different citizenship while you are a LPR of the US? This is why we can't have nice things...

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Nobody said her other citizenship is US.

Doesn't really make sense if the OP is asking about entering the US with a US passport and green card.

The second citizenship is something other than Indian and US.

However, India does not allow its citizens to have other citizenships after age 18.

An LPR can defiantly have multiple citizenships. It just happens that the LPR dies not have US citizenship.

It makes it seem like the person is going to leave and obtain another citizenship, and enter the US as a newly minted citizen of another place.

It sounded a bit vague to me but ok these posts combined make sense. So the "other nationality" passport she wants to enter on is not the Indian passport that she first entered the US on.

Yeah then it sounds like she wants to hide her Indian passport from CBP, but why....? Especially as she will be coming from India.