UK/US Passport Question

[tampa 0]

Hello everyone,

 

I recently was naturalized a US citizen in May. This Christmas I returned to the UK for the holidays for the first time. Leaving the US from Orlando I was told by the check in agent that it didn’t matter which passport I checked in to the flight with so I used my British passport and then used it again entering the plane and again at the UK border. I am set to return to the United States tomorrow but when I went to do early check in it told me I could not as I have to present my travel documents. I am worried that I made a mistake leaving the US on my UK passport and that this will cause a problem when I step off the plane at the US border. Does anyone have any experience with this? Have I caused a problem? Thank you so much, I am very nervous now so any advice is appreciated.

[igoyougoduke 1,609]

you always use US passport to enter US and they dont care what you use to leave US 

[Crazy Cat 39,448]

U.S. nationals, including dual nationals, are required to enter and exit the US with their US passport.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Advice-about-Possible-Loss-of-US-Nationality-Dual-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

 

Edited January 1, 2020 by missileman

[Lil bear 3,842]

59 minutes ago, tampa said:

Hello everyone,

 

I recently was naturalized a US citizen in May. This Christmas I returned to the UK for the holidays for the first time. Leaving the US from Orlando I was told by the check in agent that it didn’t matter which passport I checked in to the flight with so I used my British passport and then used it again entering the plane and again at the UK border. I am set to return to the United States tomorrow but when I went to do early check in it told me I could not as I have to present my travel documents. I am worried that I made a mistake leaving the US on my UK passport and that this will cause a problem when I step off the plane at the US border. Does anyone have any experience with this? Have I caused a problem? Thank you so much, I am very nervous now so any advice is appreciated.

This will not be a problem. All you do is present both passports at check in... the UK one which confirms you as the ticket holder and the US one which demonstrates your legal status to enter the US. Them yoi

use the US passport to enter the US 

Edited January 1, 2020 by Lil bear

[bmqsg5h3 12]

You should be fine. Your entry to the US is no longer a privilege given by the US government. It’s your right.

 

To check in on an airline at a UK airport, present your UK and US passports. The airline needs to see your US passport to let you board on a flight to the US without ESTA, visa or green card. To the UK immigration (exit control), present your UK passport.

You'll need to show your boarding pass with your passport at the boarding gate. Either US or UK passport (or both) would work.

 

For the US immigration, always present your US passport. You don't need show your UK passport to the CBP.

 

[Lemon23 400]

18 hours ago, tampa said:

Hello everyone,

 

I recently was naturalized a US citizen in May. This Christmas I returned to the UK for the holidays for the first time. Leaving the US from Orlando I was told by the check in agent that it didn’t matter which passport I checked in to the flight with so I used my British passport and then used it again entering the plane and again at the UK border. I am set to return to the United States tomorrow but when I went to do early check in it told me I could not as I have to present my travel documents. I am worried that I made a mistake leaving the US on my UK passport and that this will cause a problem when I step off the plane at the US border. Does anyone have any experience with this? Have I caused a problem? Thank you so much, I am very nervous now so any advice is appreciated.

as US citizen you have the rights to enter the US soil, but make sure you use your US passport when entering the country.

[carmel34 3,533]

21 hours ago, missileman said:

U.S. nationals, including dual nationals, are required to enter and exit the US with their US passport.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Advice-about-Possible-Loss-of-US-Nationality-Dual-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

 

I've traveled back and forth between Canada and the US as a dual citizen of both countries and have never seen this rule enforced.  When I have left the US and entered Canada with my Canadian passport and entered the US with my US passport when I return I have never had a problem.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

You technically should use your US passport to exit but there’s no exit control so it’s kind of meaningless, yeah?

[Fr8dog 312]

You need to show you are allowed back into the country at the border (US passport). You need to show the Airline you are the person on the ticket (US/UK passport) than the airline wants you to show you will most likely be allowed into the US (US passport).

 

To keep things neatly you may want to consider traveling under one passport from now on. Flight manifest data is transmitted shared and stored by most airlines and countries. So if you always go one way on one passport and back on another you may end up wasting time in an immigration office as they try to figure out what you are doing. Eventually they will let you in but it's a waste of time. Than again you may never get questioned either.

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

59 minutes ago, Fr8dog said:

You need to show you are allowed back into the country at the border (US passport). You need to show the Airline you are the person on the ticket (US/UK passport) than the airline wants you to show you will most likely be allowed into the US (US passport).

 

To keep things neatly you may want to consider traveling under one passport from now on. Flight manifest data is transmitted shared and stored by most airlines and countries. So if you always go one way on one passport and back on another you may end up wasting time in an immigration office as they try to figure out what you are doing. Eventually they will let you in but it's a waste of time. Than again you may never get questioned either.

 

 

Many countries  (not all) are like the US and insist you enter on their own passport if it’s one of your nationalities. So for many naturalized citizens traveling back to their home countries, traveling on just one passport isn’t an option. In any case, I’ve know many people who do this with never any issue. As long as a passport is valid it doesn’t matter if you use it on just one or both legs of a round trip. On the other hand, I have known people get serious hassle trying to enter their (my) home country on a US or other passport, even when the reason usually is that it takes a ridiculously long 6-8 months to get a new home country passport abroad.