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hmz   6

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Hello,

I do hold the US and EU citizenship's. Planning to travel to China and I do need visa. However, I am not sure which passport to use. If I use the US passport, then I will need to pay $140 for visa, but if I use the EU passport, then I will only need to pay $15 for that visa, but I am not sure if the law allows that. I know that I must use the US passport leaving the states, but can I show the EU passport with a visa on it?

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JeroenAndMichelle   28

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Hello,

I do hold the US and EU citizenship's. Planning to travel to China and I do need visa. However, I am not sure which passport to use. If I use the US passport, then I will need to pay $140 for visa, but if I use the EU passport, then I will only need to pay $15 for that visa, but I am not sure if the law allows that. I know that I must use the US passport leaving the states, but can I show the EU passport with a visa on it?

You can get the visa in the EU passport, no problem. You only need to show the visa in the country that you visit, not in the US. My daughter has 2 passports as well, also US and EU, and we do the same thing and never gave us any problem either. For law you will be a EU citizen when you're in China, so if anything happens, you will need to go to a EU embassy because your US passport will not show any visa (well, I guess you can but to avoid nasty questions it's better to stick with EU when you enter the country on a EU passport, and vice versa).

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Gosia & Tito   199

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Hello,

I do hold the US and EU citizenship's. Planning to travel to China and I do need visa. However, I am not sure which passport to use. If I use the US passport, then I will need to pay $140 for visa, but if I use the EU passport, then I will only need to pay $15 for that visa, but I am not sure if the law allows that. I know that I must use the US passport leaving the states, but can I show the EU passport with a visa on it?

Absolutely, use the EU one.

I'd keep the US passport to yourself to avoid any misunderstandings.

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Hello,

I do hold the US and EU citizenship's. Planning to travel to China and I do need visa. However, I am not sure which passport to use. If I use the US passport, then I will need to pay $140 for visa, but if I use the EU passport, then I will only need to pay $15 for that visa, but I am not sure if the law allows that. I know that I must use the US passport leaving the states, but can I show the EU passport with a visa on it?

You do not need US passport to leave the states but you do need US passport to enter the states!

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JeroenAndMichelle   28

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Btw, I almost forgot, make sure you use the same passport to leave the country as the one you used to exit the country. You will need to show them your passport with visa again as they will give you an exit stamp on it. If you show the one without visa, it might give you an unpleasant situation at the airport as it would look as if you entered without visa and it's better to avoid any questions at all at the border in China :)

edit: and yes, use the US one again when you are back in the US otherwise you can only stay 90 days (if your original country is part of the visa waiver countries, again, this could give a weird situation at the border lol).

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N400 Timeline:

12/14/11 - Sending out N400 package

12/19/11 - Received by USCIS

12/21/11 - NOA date

12/22/11 - Check cashed

12/27/11 - Received NOA

02/06/12 - Received yellow letter (pre-interview case file review)

03/13/12 - Placed in line for interview scheduling (3 yr anniversary)

03/17/12 - Received interview letter

04/17/12 - Interview - No decision, application under further review

04/17/12 - Biometrics

04/25/12 - Placed in line for oath scheduling (so I'm approved yay!)

04/27/12 - Received oath ceremony date

05/09/12 - Oath ceremony!!

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Gosia & Tito   199

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Btw, I almost forgot, make sure you use the same passport to leave the country as the one you used to exit the country. You will need to show them your passport with visa again as they will give you an exit stamp on it. If you show the one without visa, it might give you an unpleasant situation at the airport as it would look as if you entered without visa and it's better to avoid any questions at all at the border in China :)

edit: and yes, use the US one again when you are back in the US otherwise you can only stay 90 days (if your original country is part of the visa waiver countries, again, this could give a weird situation at the border lol).

You would need to show the US passport at the airline front desk, standard procedure to ensure you can actually enter the US. Airlines don't like to fly you back for free. :ot: I once enter a country with one passport and left with a different one. Imagine the surprise when they were inspecting me out and there was no record of me coming in! I saw in the face of the inspector, but he didn't say anything...I guess it was attributed to bad computer records :ot2:

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NickD   202

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Call my wife, Jason Bourne, because she almost has as many passports as she does. Born in Colombia, needs that one to visit her mom. Naturalized in Venezuela, trying to cut ties with that country, her son is stuck there, she own property, but will lose it without that citizenship, then her US Passport.

Just have to be slightly awake, leave and enter the US with your US passport, and whatever country you are entering, enter and leave with that passport, keep the others hidden, I carry those in my shirt pocket.

Son, in his job frequently has to visit China and always comes home sick. Just don't breathe their air or drink their water. Is forced to travel coach, good to be put on a rack to straighten himself out again. I use to travel first class with a pretty stewardess on my lap, drinking free campaign, they had to be very good looking back then. Heck we both fell asleep and the trip went quick. Today, its miserable, even with a pretty wife, pure torture and three bucks for three peanuts in a tiny bag. No way in hell can she sit on my lap.

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JeroenAndMichelle   28

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You would need to show the US passport at the airline front desk, standard procedure to ensure you can actually enter the US.

I never had that problem as I always check in online, but yeah, the airlines do need that information indeed (I usually fill it in online, which seems to be sufficient enough) :)

N400 Timeline:

12/14/11 - Sending out N400 package

12/19/11 - Received by USCIS

12/21/11 - NOA date

12/22/11 - Check cashed

12/27/11 - Received NOA

02/06/12 - Received yellow letter (pre-interview case file review)

03/13/12 - Placed in line for interview scheduling (3 yr anniversary)

03/17/12 - Received interview letter

04/17/12 - Interview - No decision, application under further review

04/17/12 - Biometrics

04/25/12 - Placed in line for oath scheduling (so I'm approved yay!)

04/27/12 - Received oath ceremony date

05/09/12 - Oath ceremony!!

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Yes, you do need to leave and to enter the U.S. with your U.S. passport and, yes, you can enter China with your EU passport.

Outside your countries of citizenship, you use the passport that makes the most sense. It's your choice.

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NickD   202

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Just crossing a thin line to leave one country and enter the next at the airport. As soon as you cross that line, make sure your papers are in order. They will sure want to see your papers.

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