I have a tricky one!! (fingerprints!)

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dualnational

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I was born in a NAFTA country (not USA!) to a NAFTA parent and a European parent. Therefore I have two citizenships and two passports: one is a passport of a NAFTA country (NOT USA) and the other one is a passport of a European country.
After living in the NAFTA country for 7 years I moved to the European country where I've been living ever since.
I've entered the USA only with my European passport. I've entered the USA only as a tourist. When the USA started taking fingerprints of all the tourists, they took my fingerprints as a European citizen because I was entering the USA with my European-country passport.

Now I have a job offer from an American company and would like to apply for a TN-visa!
I fulfill all the requirements for the TN-visa. I would obviously apply as a citizen from the NAFTA-country that I was born in (else I couldn't apply for a TN-visa).

The problem now is that the US government has my fingerprints stored as fingerprints that belong to a European-country citizen. What will happen if I suddenly apply as a NAFTA-country citizen?? Obviously the US-customs officer will see on his computer that these fingerprints belong to a European-country citizen and NOT to a NAFTA-country citizen!!! Will they let me in?? Will I get into trouble?

My question: Is it possible to apply for a TN-visa being a dual citizen in the sense of being a citizen of a NAFTA-country AND being a citizen of a European-country(which is naturally NOT a NAFTA country?)

What will the US immigration officer say to my dual citizenship and the contradiction of my fingerprints???

I'd be really thankful for any advice!! Since I don't want to do anything wrong at the border!
 
Its not an issue. You either have a Cdn passport or a Mexican one. They undersatnd dual citizenship.


And enough with the obfuscation. Since there is a differnce just use canada or mexico, for chrissakes!!!
 
Thanks very much for your quick reply! I'm not saying the countries because you never know who reads these forums. But yes, you're right, there's a difference between Canada and Mexico.

So, just to make sure, you think that the US-Border officers don't have any problems with me suddenly showing up as a NAFTA-member and not as a European anymore? They might think that I'm "taking advantage of the system", don't they?
 
Your Euro citzenship certainly wasn't an advantage, so what system are you taking advantage of exactly?

My advice to yo uwould be to avoid being a pr!ck at the bordr and you should be fine. Seriously.
 
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