When your spouse returns to Russia

[timelena 0]

timelena:

Nope.

Please read Rich Wales' FAQ everyone---all this and more!

Great! But still I don't understand

How do you actually travel to Russia with two passports?

Do you travel with Russian passport or with American passport?

Or do you show American passport to American officers and Russian passport to Russian officers?

By the way, you should not be able to leave Russia without showing your American passport to Russian custom officers, since your Russian passport does not have valid visa and you don't have a green card, so they will not let you board your plane to USA!

Edited June 23, 2006 by timelena

[Eva Malahova 0]

How do you actually travel to Russia with two passports?

Pick up you luggage and have your airplane ticket in hand....

Do you travel with Russian passport or with American passport?

BOTH

Or do you show American passport to American officers and Russian passport to Russian officers?

When you leave US, at check in with airlines you show both...they usually ask for Russian passport or visa to make sure you can enter on the other side.

When you get off the plane in Russia and go through border potrol , they ask for Russian passport ( in my case they checked P M ZH Stamp, my nationality and picture:))

On teh way back you show Russian passport, once again - they check for eiter a visa to US or a P M ZH stamp. They may or may not ask to show a Green Card or a US Passport to make sure you have the grounds to have that stamp in your passport.

When you get to US, you show your US passport.

Pretty easy:)

I travel every year:)

[timelena 0]

Thank you, Eva, for your explanation!

One more question: Do you buy your ticket with your Russian passport?

[IrinaNMike 0]

Eva Malahova ...

Irina has read all your posts and is much reassured to know that she can acquire American citizenship and still remain a Russian. Since I am going to Russia with her, I am relieved too.

Grateful thanks to you from both of us!

Timelena...

your question about ticketing at airports was already answered, in great detail, in the thread that Meauxna recommended ('Rich Wales FAQ').

[Eva Malahova 0]

Thank you, Eva, for your explanation!

One more question: Do you buy your ticket with your Russian passport?

timelena

I buy my tickets online expedia.com and such and use my drive's liscence.

The difference I have in a name :

Russian Passport has full middle name

American Passport has a middle initial

IrinaNMike,

I am glad my experience could help:)

Best wishes to all

[timelena 0]

your question about ticketing at airports was already answered, in great detail, in the thread that Meauxna recommended ('Rich Wales FAQ').

I am evaluating the options Need first-hand experience.

Actually, our situation is quite complicated.

My husband is a new citizen of the United States, who has been a citizen of Uzbekistan before. He did not renounce Uzbek citizenship, but Uzbekistan does not recognize dual citizenship

However, we are not going to Uzbekistan, we are going to Russia. Currently, Uzbek citizens are not required to have a visa to enter Russia. So, we save around $100 per trip if he travels to Russia with Uzbek passport.

Based on what I've read (Rich Wales FAQ), the risk of doing that is too high, however. Or am I too cowardly???

[Eva Malahova 0]

your question about ticketing at airports was already answered, in great detail, in the thread that Meauxna recommended ('Rich Wales FAQ').

I am evaluating the options Need first-hand experience.

Actually, our situation is quite complicated.

My husband is a new citizen of the United States, who has been a citizen of Uzbekistan before. He did not renounce Uzbek citizenship, but Uzbekistan does not recognize dual citizenship

However, we are not going to Uzbekistan, we are going to Russia. Currently, Uzbek citizens are not required to have a visa to enter Russia. So, we save around $100 per trip if he travels to Russia with Uzbek passport.

Based on what I've read (Rich Wales FAQ), the risk of doing that is too high, however. Or am I too cowardly???

If I were you I would look into it. Talk to some former USSR countries citizens, see how they travel. Russian Customs like to give trouble for no aperant reason at all sometimes.Maybe it's worth to spend extra $100 to feel safe. Once you cross that border with any other passport than American they will not consider you a US Citizen even when pulling you over for speeding

Have no idea what to tell ya! But you got my 100 % support