Dual Citizenship question

[Triniiphone 3]

Hello all,

My sister is a naturalized USC and a citizen of Trinidad and has both passports.

She is planning to visit Brazil, and as a USC she needs a visa but as a Trinidadian citizen she doesn't.

If she uses her Trinidad passport to leave the US and enter Brazil will she have trouble entering the US with her US passport, seeing that there won't be a stamp in it?

[Okalian 41]

Hello all,

My sister is a naturalized USC and a citizen of Trinidad and has both passports.

She is planning to visit Brazil, and as a USC she needs a visa but as a Trinidadian citizen she doesn't.

If she uses her Trinidad passport to leave the US and enter Brazil will she have trouble entering the US with her US passport, seeing that there won't be a stamp in it?

She's a US citizen, she MUST leave with a US passport. She can enter Brazil with her Trinidad passport. Return to the US with a US passport.

[Triniiphone 3]

She's a US citizen, she MUST leave with a US passport. She can enter Brazil with her Trinidad passport. Return to the US with a US passport.

Wouldn't she need to show a visa to the US customs if she uses her US passport to leave for Brazil seeing that a USC need a visa to enter that country?

[Okalian 41]

Wouldn't she need to show a visa to the US customs if she uses her US passport to leave for Brazil seeing that a USC need a visa to enter that country?

What do you think Brazilian-Americans would do in this situation ?

From the DOS's website: "Special Entry/Exit Requirements for Dual Nationals: U.S. citizens who also have Brazilian nationality cannot be issued Brazilian visas and must obtain a Brazilian passport from the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate nearest to their place of residence to enter and depart Brazil. In addition to being subject to all Brazilian laws affecting U.S. citizens, dual nationals may also be subject to other laws that impose special obligations on Brazilian citizens. Information about dual nationality can be found on our website. "

So they keep in consideration the existence of another passport that should qualify you to enter Brazil visa-free.

[env88 3]

Wouldn't she need to show a visa to the US customs if she uses her US passport to leave for Brazil seeing that a USC need a visa to enter that country?

When you leave the United States, there is no immigration counter you show anything at. You might just be asked at the airline counter for your passport / visa. You can simply show your TT passport when they ask for your Brazilian visa.

When you get to Brazil, you show your TT passport.

When you leave Brazil, you show your TT passport.

When you re-enter the U.S. you show your U.S. passport.

[Triniiphone 3]

Ok, thanks guys.

[newacct 688]

If she uses her Trinidad passport to leave the US and enter Brazil will she have trouble entering the US with her US passport, seeing that there won't be a stamp in it?

No she won't. A U.S. citizen using a U.S. passport to enter the U.S. should never have problems. If asked, she can either not answer or just say that it's on her other passport.

She must "leave the U.S." on her U.S. passport and enter Brazil using her Trinidad passport. 99% of the time "leaving the U.S." does not require her to do anything.

[av8or 34]

If she uses her Trinidad passport to leave the US and enter Brazil will she have trouble entering the US with her US passport, seeing that there won't be a stamp in it?

she is a usc.. as such she is entitled to leave and enter the us as she pleases.. for as long as she wants to too.. i highly doubt she can get in trouble for leaving the us with her brazilian passport and coming back here.. worst is a slap on the wrist and it's on your merry way..

this is her country now.. do not be afraid of immigration officers as they can't do squat from preventing her to enter the us..

[NickD 203]

Even though in all aspects and definitions of the word, it is dual citizenship, but to be politically correct like the DOS pretends to be, should call it dual naturalization.

You are not a citizen just like you were born here when naturalized like the USCIS tells you, you are. But no longer dealing with the USCIS, but now the DOS. And they have their own set of guidelines your senator nor congressmen knows nothing about.

If they made an agreement during one of their way overpriced cocktail parties with your home country half drunk that you must maintain a passport with your home county, You have to maintain a passport with that home country to even just visit occasionally. And to do that, you have to renew your citizenship with that home country..

But can't call that dual citizenship, have to call it dual naturalization.

One reason my wife had no problem denouncing her home country, her government is corrupt and got the hell out of there as quick as she could. Only to be forced back into that corruption, we couldn't even bring in all the original documents to renew her citizenship, had to hire a crooked notary first with outrageous fees, and even had the nerve to ask for money under the table as a so-called expedient fee.

Was just reading all the BS I would have to go through to even get married in that country. Yes, her family would love to leave that hellhole, but stuck there. If I was a billionaire, would get them all out of there, and a billionaire you would have to be. This country no longer wants the poor, just the rich. Should rephrase that BS on the Statue of Liberty.

So have to live with dual naturalization.