Traveling with two foreign passports

[atk_721 0]

My parents are travelling to pakistan end of this November,They just got their US passports after becoming citizen and they also have their valid pakistani passport.I think they wont get their NICOP(ID for overseas pakistani) before they leave for pakistan.My question is do they have to use their US passport and get a pakistani visa on it or they can travel to pakistani just on the basis of a valid pakistani passport.

Please suggest

Thanks a lot

[Otto 83]

This is what DOS (Dept. of State) says about dual nationals passport use.

"Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country."...

SOURCE

Edited November 1, 2008 by Karin und Otto

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Probably already answered (in practice) about a bazillion times.

The Pakistani (since Pakistan allows true-dual citizenship, where a Pakistani who naturalises to UK, Canada or US can still use a valid Pak passport) can simply use the Pak passport to enter/exit at Pakistan's airports and the US passport to re-enter US.

(my dad at UCalgary had a Lahorite Christian colleague who did the equivalent lots of times)

[atk_721 0]

Probably already answered (in practice) about a bazillion times.

The Pakistani (since Pakistan allows true-dual citizenship, where a Pakistani who naturalises to UK, Canada or US can still use a valid Pak passport) can simply use the Pak passport to enter/exit at Pakistan's airports and the US passport to re-enter US.

(my dad at UCalgary had a Lahorite Christian colleague who did the equivalent lots of times)

I am confused because I dont know which passport they would stamp at entry/exit.By US law we have to get US passport stamped but it wont have a PAK VISA.Do they only stamp Pakistani passport and US passport is just used to get back here.

[Brad and Vika 129]

I am a lifelong USC with a question on this topic. In situations where a dual citizen is traveling on two passports, are both passports presented at POE? Years ago, I entered the Phillipines on military orders (orders were stamped at entry), and left from Manila on my passport. The passport control officer at the Manila airport did not want to accept the stamped orders as a valid entry. Does passport control question a naturalized USC with stamps in two passports? I am sure this happens all the time, and I wonder how it is dealt with. Thanks

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Probably already answered (in practice) about a bazillion times.

The Pakistani (since Pakistan allows true-dual citizenship, where a Pakistani who naturalises to UK, Canada or US can still use a valid Pak passport) can simply use the Pak passport to enter/exit at Pakistan's airports and the US passport to re-enter US.

(my dad at UCalgary had a Lahorite Christian colleague who did the equivalent lots of times)

I am confused because I dont know which passport they would stamp at entry/exit.By US law we have to get US passport stamped but it wont have a PAK VISA.Do they only stamp Pakistani passport and US passport is just used to get back here.

I'll explain it tangentially.

How about using the Pak passport to enter (and leave--when boarding return flight to US) Pakistan, and US passport only at re-entry in US?

Tangential personal experience here: I went on a trip to India in May 2005 shortly after I was naturalised (April 2005--I had to get expedited US passport for re-entry), using two Canadian passports (blank unexpired one, expired one with 10-year visa--Canuck passports are only valid 5 years, and the last trip I had made to India was in 1999 Dec/2000 Jan). Basically, i showed both Canuck passports on landing in Chennai (also on departure from there) and US passport when I landed back in US. In fact, I was specifically told at midflight (stopover at CDG) to do this.

(unfortunately, I cannot remember which passport/s I showed for boarding the flight to India at the US end)

[Brad and Vika 129]

Probably already answered (in practice) about a bazillion times.

The Pakistani (since Pakistan allows true-dual citizenship, where a Pakistani who naturalises to UK, Canada or US can still use a valid Pak passport) can simply use the Pak passport to enter/exit at Pakistan's airports and the US passport to re-enter US.

(my dad at UCalgary had a Lahorite Christian colleague who did the equivalent lots of times)

I am confused because I dont know which passport they would stamp at entry/exit.By US law we have to get US passport stamped but it wont have a PAK VISA.Do they only stamp Pakistani passport and US passport is just used to get back here.

I'll explain it tangentially.

How about using the Pak passport to enter (and leave--when boarding return flight to US) Pakistan, and US passport only at re-entry in US?

Tangential personal experience here: I went on a trip to India in May 2005 shortly after I was naturalised (April 2005--I had to get expedited US passport for re-entry), using two Canadian passports (blank unexpired one, expired one with 10-year visa--Canuck passports are only valid 5 years, and the last trip I had made to India was in 1999 Dec/2000 Jan). Basically, i showed both Canuck passports on landing in Chennai (also on departure from there) and US passport when I landed back in US. In fact, I was specifically told at midflight (stopover at CDG) to do this.

(unfortunately, I cannot remember which passport/s I showed for boarding the flight to India at the US end)

What a mess

[Saddle Bronc 124]

...What a mess

Anoter detail for you; I'd actually posted on VJ asking this question between the naturalisation interview (March 2005) and swear-in (April 2005).

(true that I had an "option" of sorts, asking for a delay of swear-in until after the trip--but that would be an opening for Sod's Law***, so the swear-in would have either been DURING the scheduled trip or sometime in 2006)

***in Americanese, "Murphy's Law"