Traveling to/from the US with dual citizenship under Trump

[Anonymous]

Has anyone with dual citizenship (US and another country) traveled into/out of the US since Trump returned? Wondering whether they’re using it as any sort of pretext to question/detain people. We have dual citizenship with an EU country (born in US and attained dual citizenship through heritage), and I’m wondering what to expect next time we travel. Interested to hear any experiences.

[Anonymous]

I have, and without incident.

I have dual U.S. and British citizenship and returned to the U.S. last week from a holiday in Europe (Italy). I traveled on my U.S. passport and had no problems. I flew back through Dublin and cleared U.S. immigration and customs there (rather than at IAD). They only gave my passport a cursory glance.

I wouldn’t worry about this if I were you.

[Anonymous]

There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Whatever. I am on a visa and am crossing the border all the time, as are millions of other people, without incident. I wouldn’t come to the US on vacation at the moment, and I would be terrified if I were eg active in support of Palestine, but I don’t think most people need to worry overly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Whatever. I am on a visa and am crossing the border all the time, as are millions of other people, without incident. I wouldn’t come to the US on vacation at the moment, and I would be terrified if I were eg active in support of Palestine, but I don’t think most people need to worry overly.

In my social circle, it's only the internationals who travel for work that are actively crossing borders right now. No one I know on a visa is vacationing outside the US. They might (and we might) if one of our parents had a life or death emergency, something like that. But no crossing borders for fun stuff. It's just not worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Whatever. I am on a visa and am crossing the border all the time, as are millions of other people, without incident. I wouldn’t come to the US on vacation at the moment, and I would be terrified if I were eg active in support of Palestine, but I don’t think most people need to worry overly.

In my social circle, it's only the internationals who travel for work that are actively crossing borders right now. No one I know on a visa is vacationing outside the US. They might (and we might) if one of our parents had a life or death emergency, something like that. But no crossing borders for fun stuff. It's just not worth the risk.

Yes a very reasonable approach.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Thanks, I will look for that thread.

I do wonder about which passport to travel on. Our second country wants you to travel there on their passport (returning to the US on the US passport), but it seems like traveling on different passports for different legs could trip wires?

[Anonymous]

Yes have dual citizenship. No, have not had any issues. Came through at Dulles just last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Thanks, I will look for that thread.

I do wonder about which passport to travel on. Our second country wants you to travel there on their passport (returning to the US on the US passport), but it seems like traveling on different passports for different legs could trip wires?

This was discussed at length on the other thread where people with dual citizenship confirmed to travel into US you need a US passport and that many countries require their own country’s passport for entry. One poster went off the rails and hijacked the thread for a while. We have 2 passports (US and an EU country). Both countries require their own passport for their citizens to enter so when we go to that EU country we have to travel with both. We traveled last month over there and had to use European passport to enter the other country and then used our US passport when we flew back through Dulles. No issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Whatever. I am on a visa and am crossing the border all the time, as are millions of other people, without incident. I wouldn’t come to the US on vacation at the moment, and I would be terrified if I were eg active in support of Palestine, but I don’t think most people need to worry overly.

In my social circle, it's only the internationals who travel for work that are actively crossing borders right now. No one I know on a visa is vacationing outside the US. They might (and we might) if one of our parents had a life or death emergency, something like that. But no crossing borders for fun stuff. It's just not worth the risk.

Yes a very reasonable approach.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported

Horrific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a similar thread last week, OP. People said their return was smooth.

Now people like me, who are waiting for green cards, or have visas, have doubts based on the recent lived experience of others. I am not crossing a border any time soon!

Thanks, I will look for that thread.

I do wonder about which passport to travel on. Our second country wants you to travel there on their passport (returning to the US on the US passport), but it seems like traveling on different passports for different legs could trip wires?

It is the law in most countries that you enter the country using the passport of that country. So when you go to the US, you use your US passport. When you go to another country where you have citizenship, you use that other country's passport. This means you carry with you two passports. This is how it's always been done. No, it doesn't trigger any sort of warning, because again, it's the law.

[Anonymous]

I thought you had to renounce citizenship of other countries when you became a us citizen...is this people who have just always had both, or got the non us one second?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought you had to renounce citizenship of other countries when you became a us citizen...is this people who have just always had both, or got the non us one second?

Please don’t hijack the thread (like that last one got hijacked). Start your own with this question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought you had to renounce citizenship of other countries when you became a us citizen...is this people who have just always had both, or got the non us one second?

Incorrect Straight from State Department

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Relinquishing-US-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

[Anonymous]

I have US and British citizenship. I use my US passport for both directions because DD is US only.
Arriving and leaving in the UK the British and US people all go in the same immigration line. It’s not quicker to use dufferent passports like it used to be.
I’ve had no issues.