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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse is a dual citizen and only uses their US passport and let the other lapse decades ago. Stop trying to game the system just be a US citizen or not, it would be weird if your US passport wasn't stamped because you used your non US passport somewhere else.[/quote]

See this doesn't actually work for some countries though. The country I'm from won't let me enter unless I have a current passport for that country because to them I can't renounce my citizenship to that country at all. It doesn't exist in their government for me to choose to not be a citizen of their country if I was born there. I can't use my American passport and apply for a visit to be a tourist there, it's simply not an option to them.

Why do people always think the rules that apply to their particular situation apply to the whole world? [/quote]

You're absolutely right that some countries don't let you renounce citizenship or require you to enter using their passport—but let's be clear: that's not a global norm, and the list of countries that enforce that kind of policy is very specific.

We're talking about places like:
Iran
Russia
China
Venezuela
North Korea
Syria

These are authoritarian regimes or adversaries of the U.S., and frankly, if you're a U.S. citizen and traveling to any of them, I would hope that triggers some level of attention. Not only are they high-risk, but the U.S. State Department often has standing travel advisories warning against even going there.

So yes—if you're from one of those countries, your situation is unique and tightly restricted. But that’s not most people.

The rest of the world—Canada, Germany, Italy, Israel, Australia, the UK, and dozens more—do not require you to use their passport, and many dual nationals use only their U.S. passport without any issue, especially if they haven’t lived abroad in decades.

So no, people aren’t assuming "their rules apply to the whole world"—they're just following what applies to the vast majority of dual citizens in democratic, allied nations. Your case is the exception, not the standard.[/quote]

You are horrible. I'm a Chinese born American and took my 2 kids who have a Caucasian American father to see a beautiful country called China last summer.  It's not a political thing,  it's an educational one.  I bet you don't even know how amazing in certain respects China is as a country and government.  Not suggesting their govt is awesome but let's face it the US govt currently is not exactly on moral high ground nor  does it have a great track record.

Exactly as a free Dem society, no US citizen should ever have toner about what countries they may want to visit on holiday.  Without proof of shadiness, the US passport should ensure a certain amount of liberty in global travel.

The fact you could even suggest anyone who travels to some list of "enemy" states of IS is mortifying.  There's a clear difference between a family who goes on vacation to see the world v some political person with ulterior motives traveling!

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