Anonymous wrote:I have never traveled with both. I have always used only one passport. Seems too suspicious to exit using one and enter another country using a different passport. You should be entering and exiting using the same passport and not traveling with multiple passports.

And yet that is what embassies recommend, PP. So while it's not been a problem for you until now, for travel to countries that newly require visa waivers, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TRAVELING JUST ONE ONE PASSPORT. An ESTIAS, or other visa waiver, is not meant to be used by citizens of that country. So you'll get away with it with it you say you forgot your passport at home, but they won't like it.

Again, there is nothing suspicious about travel on separate passports when you're a citizen of several countries. It is expected.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never traveled with both. I have always used only one passport. Seems too suspicious to exit using one and enter another country using a different passport. You should be entering and exiting using the same passport and not traveling with multiple passports.

If you’re entering a place where you are a citizen, you always need to use that passport. If you’re a dual citizen with Canada and flying to Paris, you should just use one passport for the trip (the one where you are flying back to).

Once Americans need a visa to enter Europe, there wont really a choice if your dual citizenship is EU. You can’t get a visa to enter someplace you have citizenship, so you’d have to use your EU passport.

Not true . I’m the PP that has a UK passport and travels to the UK once a year. I always use my US passport.

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Anonymous wrote:Not another thread on this. These questions have already been covered, ad nauseam, on two other recent threads.

Stop the insanity.

Sorry not everyone is maga insider like you. Travel has changed under the oppression of Trump and the Republicans.

How is that maga? I can read though, can you not read the other threads? That sucks.

Anonymous wrote:I have never traveled with both. I have always used only one passport. Seems too suspicious to exit using one and enter another country using a different passport. You should be entering and exiting using the same passport and not traveling with multiple passports.

If you’re entering a place where you are a citizen, you always need to use that passport. If you’re a dual citizen with Canada and flying to Paris, you should just use one passport for the trip (the one where you are flying back to).

Once Americans need a visa to enter Europe, there wont really a choice if your dual citizenship is EU. You can’t get a visa to enter someplace you have citizenship, so you’d have to use your EU passport.

All I know is that you need to travel in and out of the United States with your US-issued passport. I would recommend checking the requirements for entry into another country if you are a citizen. You could try the Department of Foreign Affairs.

I have never traveled with both. I have always used only one passport. Seems too suspicious to exit using one and enter another country using a different passport. You should be entering and exiting using the same passport and not traveling with multiple passports.

Anonymous wrote:I am dual British and US. I use US only. There is no advantage to using my UK passport at Heathrow, it’s all the same line.
Went to Ireland last year ( after UK) and used the US passport for all legs.

Sorry, meant to add were traveling now too and filled in the ETA for UK. It took 5 minutes.

I am dual British and US. I use US only. There is no advantage to using my UK passport at Heathrow, it’s all the same line.
Went to Ireland last year ( after UK) and used the US passport for all legs.

Anonymous wrote:You were never bothered before because you used your US passport throughout, and US citizens didn't need something extra to enter the EU. If you use your Irish passport to board a flight to the US, US customs and border protection will not be happy, because a EU citizen needs an ESTA, a visa waiver, to spend time in the US as a tourist if they stay less than 90 days. If they spend more than 90 days, they need a visa. We forgot our child's US passport one time, and our EU country made us fill out an ESTA before boarding, and then we had an extra interview upon entry to the US to check that she was indeed a US citizen.

In late 2026, the EU will implement a similar system, ETIAS, and US citizens will be required to have a visa waiver to enter the EU. So you won't be able to travel solely on your US passport anymore. I highly recommend that you enter each of your citizenship countries with the passport of that country.

When exactly was this issued?

Anonymous wrote:Not another thread on this. These questions have already been covered, ad nauseam, on two other recent threads.

Stop the insanity.

Sorry not everyone is maga insider like you. Travel has changed under the oppression of Trump and the Republicans.

Not another thread on this. These questions have already been covered, ad nauseam, on two other recent threads.

Stop the insanity.

You were never bothered before because you used your US passport throughout, and US citizens didn't need something extra to enter the EU. If you use your Irish passport to board a flight to the US, US customs and border protection will not be happy, because a EU citizen needs an ESTA, a visa waiver, to spend time in the US as a tourist if they stay less than 90 days. If they spend more than 90 days, they need a visa. We forgot our child's US passport one time, and our EU country made us fill out an ESTA before boarding, and then we had an extra interview upon entry to the US to check that she was indeed a US citizen.

In late 2026, the EU will implement a similar system, ETIAS, and US citizens will be required to have a visa waiver to enter the EU. So you won't be able to travel solely on your US passport anymore. I highly recommend that you enter each of your citizenship countries with the passport of that country.

DH and kids have dual. They always travel with both when going to the other country. They use the US when flying into the US, and the other passport when flying into that country. DH has been doing it for almost 20 years. No issues.

I am the Irish dual from the other thread. I go out on American and In at Dublin in my Irish. They have kiosks in Dublin so you don't even talk to anyone and is very quick. Leaving Ireland at preclearance you use your American. I have done it that way for other EU countries and also UK.

I have always done it that way. I used to get questions sometimes on how I got in/out without a stamp but now with the kiosks I just automatically go in and out.

The other thread about dual citizens prompted this question.

I’ve had dual citizenship since I was a teenager. I was always told that any trip I take has to be on one passport. For example, if I leave the US that entire trip, I need to be traveling on the US passport or it could cause confusion in airport and border systems.however, people in the other thread are saying you’re supposed to depart the US on your US passport and land in your dual nationality on your dual nationality passport.

I’ve never heard this before and I’ve always traveled into my other country just on my American passport since I’m flying from America. Never had a problem. Obviously borders are more tense now and I want to make sure I’m doing this right but I can’t seem to find clear guidance.

I am a dual citizen with Ireland. Should I be leaving Dulles airport on my American passport but then whip out my Irish one when I land in Ireland? Or should I remain on one passport for the entirety of an international travel trip?