Anonymous wrote:My DH came through on Monday night at Dulles no problem. He’s been a citizen for 10 years.

You can only enter the US as a US citizen with a US passport (so if you have dual citizenship and another passport coming back into the US CBP will only accept the US passport to get back in). So not sure why people are asking OP if her naturalized citizen DH has a US passport. If he doesn’t he can’t get back into the US, no matter who is president.

Thanks, it is good to hear DH had no problem. This is making me feel a bit better.

Anonymous wrote:My DH came through on Monday night at Dulles no problem. He’s been a citizen for 10 years.

You can only enter the US as a US citizen with a US passport (so if you have dual citizenship and another passport coming back into the US CBP will only accept the US passport to get back in). So not sure why people are asking OP if her naturalized citizen DH has a US passport. If he doesn’t he can’t get back into the US, no matter who is president.

That is not true. If you have a German passport for example of course you could enter and don't need a visa. Plenty of other countries too. I wouldn't advise that especially if you have a US passport but it's simply not true that you can't enter the US with any other passport.

My DH came through on Monday night at Dulles no problem. He’s been a citizen for 10 years.

You can only enter the US as a US citizen with a US passport (so if you have dual citizenship and another passport coming back into the US CBP will only accept the US passport to get back in). So not sure why people are asking OP if her naturalized citizen DH has a US passport. If he doesn’t he can’t get back into the US, no matter who is president.

Anonymous wrote:I am a naturalized citizen and returned from a work trip in early March. The customs line at Dulles was long but I did not have any issues.

I'm sorry you have to think about this

Thank you. That's reassuring.

Anonymous wrote:I did the photo thing, then CBP officer said my name, never showed my passport to anyone, was done in the time it took to walk through global entry.

I'm glad you had a good experience.

Anonymous wrote:OP do they have US passports if they are US citizens? That should help a lot.

One thing I am trying to do is memorize a few phone #s in case they take my phone. Have them memorized yours so they can call from wherever they are if needed.

It is scary that these are the times we are in.

yes, they both have US passports. We are already prepared that they will search phones, so hopefully they'll return them after any search. Neither of them have anything suspect on their phones, nor social media.

Anonymous wrote:Would global entry help?

We applied for Global Entry because we also think it might help but they are still in process.

Anonymous wrote:The NYT recently had an article on this. One piece of advice was for the traveler (your DH) to call a responsible connection (you) when getting off the plane, and again once he was through immigration and customs. If that second call does not come in a timely* manner, that person can start trying to check in/trying to find more information/reaching out to an attorney.

*This plan is not for anxious people who start imagining the worst after 15 minutes. It can take quite some time to go through the queue, especially during peak times. Have a strategy for managing anxiety and making an appropriate judgement about when outside assistance is warranted.

Thank you, we'll make sure to do this.

I am a naturalized citizen and returned from a work trip in early March. The customs line at Dulles was long but I did not have any issues.

I'm sorry you have to think about this

I did the photo thing, then CBP officer said my name, never showed my passport to anyone, was done in the time it took to walk through global entry.

OP do they have US passports if they are US citizens? That should help a lot.

One thing I am trying to do is memorize a few phone #s in case they take my phone. Have them memorized yours so they can call from wherever they are if needed.

It is scary that these are the times we are in.

I'm still waiting for my green card, so I don't even your husband and child's status. I have to believe that they'd be fine, right? Otherwise what hope do people like me have? Not that I'm planning any travel out of the US any time soon...

Maybe it depends on which country they have dual citizenship with. If it's a country that has tussled with Trump over deportations, or tariffs or something else, then they might get a hard time. I know two World Bank employees on diplomatic visas who were returning from Columbia who got their visas revoked, because the Columbia President had protested flights of deportees.

But again, your relatives are US citizens. It would be mind-boggling if they got into trouble at the border!

Would global entry help?

The NYT recently had an article on this. One piece of advice was for the traveler (your DH) to call a responsible connection (you) when getting off the plane, and again once he was through immigration and customs. If that second call does not come in a timely* manner, that person can start trying to check in/trying to find more information/reaching out to an attorney.

*This plan is not for anxious people who start imagining the worst after 15 minutes. It can take quite some time to go through the queue, especially during peak times. Have a strategy for managing anxiety and making an appropriate judgement about when outside assistance is warranted.

My naturalized husband and teen daughter (US citizen but born abroad) are flying to South America to visit family for spring break. I am very nervous about what kind of treatment they might receive from CBP when they return at Dulles. My husband has a very common name (think "John Smith") and under normal circumstances, he is usually identified for a second inspection because there are others with his name that are criminals (at least this is what we have been told). It's usually no big deal - an extra 10-15 minutes and we're on our way. However, these days, I'm not sure what to expect and it's the first time they are traveling without me (the only US born citizen). They both have dual citizenship also. Can anyone share? I hope I am overthinking this. Thanks.