Can I travel with my native country's passport after oath?

[w8inglongtime 29]

Citizenship Certificate, Naturalization Certifacte, US Birth certificate and Military Active Duty IDs serve as a re-entry permit to the US. You don't need to have a US passport to re-enter the US of A if you have in hands any of the mentioned above while re-entering.

Actually you now DO need a U.S passport or passport card if you are re-entering by air or sea. They no longer accept Birth certificate or any kind of certificates. That is why they started issuing the passport card for u.s citizens who do not own or want a passport book. The passport card is the size of a drivers license and it has the word passport on it. If you fly into any of the POE without a passport book or passport card, I'm sure they'll eventually let you in since you're a citizen but after being warned about the need to carry "proper" ID.

[AusCal 3]

That's a 5-Star response, so good it deserves 5 + ratings.

Why, Thankyou, nioce of you to say so ;-)

But now change some facts of YOUR scenario.

Now you are Chinese, traveling to China. You do have a US passport and a Chinese passport, yet since China does not allow dual citizenship, the former one is "iffy." China also requires a visa from US citizens, so now try your trip to China with a US and Chinese passport and entertain all of us. You can do it!

i think I'll pass on that option, but, thanks for offering.....you were paying for the tickets, weren't you?

I would think that in the above scenerio, it would be appropriate to use the US passport, and apply for a Chinese visa - and leave the Chinese passport totally out of it? But, I only guessing - not being Chinese, their immigration laws are not of interest to me... I also accept to someone who is from China, Australian laws aren't relevant to them either.

[NickD 203]

Why, Thankyou, nioce of you to say so ;-)

i think I'll pass on that option, but, thanks for offering.....you were paying for the tickets, weren't you?

I would think that in the above scenerio, it would be appropriate to use the US passport, and apply for a Chinese visa - and leave the Chinese passport totally out of it? But, I only guessing - not being Chinese, their immigration laws are not of interest to me... I also accept to someone who is from China, Australian laws aren't relevant to them either.

If China is like Colombia and see your place of birth in your US passport as China, will insist you have a Chinese passport to enter. From what little experience I have in applying for a visa, they don't exactly give them away, require lots of background information and can well over a year to get one. Just know enough where one cannot say, just get a visa.

[v333k 59]

If China is like Colombia and see your place of birth in your US passport as China, will insist you have a Chinese passport to enter. From what little experience I have in applying for a visa, they don't exactly give them away, require lots of background information and can well over a year to get one. Just know enough where one cannot say, just get a visa.

China doesn't allow dual citizenship - so if you have a US passport, then they will revoke your Chinese citizenship.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

China doesn't allow dual citizenship - so if you have a US passport, then they will revoke your Chinese citizenship.

Yes they will. Issue there is a few people on here are ignoring their home countries laws and keeping the passport in a "if they don't ask, I won't tell" kind of thing because how would China find out?

It's complete bull in my opinion that a country has that control over their citizens but I would be too scared I think to risk getting US citizenship knowing I would lose my home country's passport. Luckily Australia and the UK allow dual citizenship so I don't have that problem.

[echang03 0]

I'm actually a Taiwanese citizen, not Chinese. I am going to China because I am studying abroad for four months.