Can i use my foreign passport after taking the oath?

formerf1 said:
it is ok to use country X's passport to enter country X and use US passport to return to USA.
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That's the whole point of dual Citizenship. You use the US one to leave here and the other Passport to enter your birth country and there are no Visa or length of stay restrictions. If you used the US Passport to enter your birth country, you would be restricted to a visitors Visa.
 
yay said:
If one left the US with a non-US passport and applies for a US passport overseas to prepare for the entry, wouldn't the gov know right then that (s)he violated the law and departed the US without a US passport?
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This point is right on the money. To apply for a U.S. passport at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate while claiming U.S. citizenship would mean making up some reason why you didn't have your U.S. passport in the first place. If you were being honest about the situation, you will be admitting to having violated the law by leaving the U.S. without a U.S. passport.
 
So is this law recent? Because until very recently, you could cross back and forth on land crossings without a passport. Only recently did they make passport madatory-hmm I think they allow that drivers license with a special thing inserted in it?
 
tnwalker said:
So is this law recent? Because until very recently, you could cross back and forth on land crossings without a passport. Only recently did they make passport madatory-hmm I think they allow that drivers license with a special thing inserted in it?
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The law has been around for a while, but the U.S. policy for travel documents for returning from Canada, Mexico, and the Carribbean has always been different. Now with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a passport or equivalent DHS-approved document will be required even for these countries.
 
tnwalker said:
So is this law recent? Because until very recently, you could cross back and forth on land crossings without a passport.
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Look at post 14 where the law is quoted. The law has been around for years, but as you can see it had a built-in exception. The exception used to be applied broadly, allowing citizens to depart and reenter the US with only a driver's license and birth certificate for many destinations. But in recent years they have narrowed that exception significantly.
 
More about this:

http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs_newsletters/amcit_newsletter_feb06.html

"American Citizens Must Use U.S. Passports to Enter and Leave the U.S.

We regularly receive calls from American citizens who have been prevented from boarding U.S.-bound flights because they were attempting to travel with a non-U.S. passport. All American citizens, including dual nationals, must use their U.S. passport to enter or leave the United States. American citizens attempting to travel to the U.S. with a non-U.S. passport will generally be instructed by the airlines to contact the U.S. Embassy in order to be issued with a valid U.S. passport. This will often mean missing one’s originally scheduled flight in order to come to the Embassy during regular work hours and apply for a new passport. The long-standing requirement that American citizens enter and depart the U.S. with a valid U.S. passport is set out in the Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 215 (b), which states: “… it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a valid United States passport.” Other information about the significance of “dual nationality” to American citizens can be found online on the U.S. Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html "


and

http://www.pprune.org/passengers-slf-self-loading-freight/139313-yet-more-futile-red-tape.html
 
Huracan said:
The long-standing requirement that American citizens enter and depart the U.S. with a valid U.S. passport is set out in the Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 215 (b), which states: “… it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a valid United States passport.”
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They shouldn't have left out the first half of the sentence, "Except as otherwise provided by the President and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President may authorize and prescribe".
 
If one has to leave US using US passport to a country for which you have a valid passport (assuming dual citizenship), will you need to show other countries passport to the airlines during departing? Otherwise the airlines may ask for a visa (assuming it is not a visa waiver country) for the destination country?
 
rpranesh said:
If one has to leave US using US passport to a country for which you have a valid passport (assuming dual citizenship), will you need to show other countries passport to the airlines during departing? Otherwise the airlines may ask for a visa (assuming it is not a visa waiver country) for the destination country?
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Airlines do not check for visa requirements, immigration does. When you leave US and show passport, it could be either your US or foreign passport.
 
There is no immigration when you leave the US, so the airlines DO check for visa requirements if they're doing their job correctly. It happened to me most of the time.
 
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Bobsmyth said:
Airlines do not check for visa requirements, immigration does. When you leave US and show passport, it could be either your US or foreign passport.
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They do check passport to make sure it has the required visa before letting passenger board. No exceptions....
 
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formerf1 said:
They do check passport to make sure it has the required visa before letting passenger board. No exceptions....
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I was never asked by the airline for a visa on a trip to India. Perhaps they saw it when they looked at my passport and I didn't realize it.

I'll try showing my foreign passport next time I leave the US to see if the airline questions my US immigration status.
 
I don't think they question US immigration status. I think they check your admissibility to the destination country so they don't get fined for carrying people that wouldn't be allowed in. Try showing a passport without an Indian visa, and maybe they'll ask for a visa.
 
Bobsmyth said:
I was never asked by the airline for a visa on a trip to India. Perhaps they saw it when they looked at my passport and I didn't realize it.

I'll try showing my foreign passport next time I leave the US to see if the airline questions my US immigration status.
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Believe me they saw your visa....Airline companies do get huge fines for failing to follow this procedure, especially for US bond flights.
 
Airlines do get heavy fine if they board a person and that person is NOT authorised to enter the destination country. Airlines do check but they do miss lot of times as well especially if the flight is originating from USA (there is no exit immigration check in USA and that really puts more burden on Airlines)
 
Exit immigration check is a pain. They give you that paper piece that you have to hold on to for the duration of your trip and you have and give it to them at the airport. In this day and age, I would think they had easier procedures.
 
Why is it a pain to hand over a piece of paper when you leave? You have to check-in ANYWAY. Isn't it already an easy process?
 
I don't know where is the doubt about the airline checking what your status was in the country. If someone doubts it and has dual citizenship, please try to board the plane with the foreign passport and see if they let you in without showing what your status was in the US. Even if the foreign passport lets you go to the destination.
 
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