Process over - Citizenship granted

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Wife got her citizenship August 2 and her US passport about 2 weeks later. So much easier to travel now. 

 

It's ironic that our trip to Bolivia in 3 weeks she will use her Philippines passport to avoid paying for a Bolivian Visa. If she uses the US passport she will have to pay $160.00 for a Bolivian visa. I had to pay that fee.

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4 minutes ago, X Factor said:

Wife got her citizenship August 2 and her US passport about 2 weeks later. So much easier to travel now. 

 

It's ironic that our trip to Bolivia in 3 weeks she will use her Philippines passport to avoid paying for a Bolivian Visa. If she uses the US passport she will have to pay $160.00 for a Bolivian visa. I had to pay that fee.

A word of caution.  My wife is now a US Citizen also.  She has a US passport as well as her Philippines passport.  I did some research and found that if she traveled to the Philippines using her Philippine passport she could possibly, I repeat possibly run into trouble.  I have read of cases where the US has said that a person (US Citizens included) traveling on a foreign passport (other than US) might run into trouble if they get in trouble in the country they are visiting.  For example if you got arrested or into a motor vehicle accident and called upon the US Embassy for help you COULD run into difficulty  because the US might say you are also a citizen of the foreign country.  Call that embassy.  Just something for thought.  I know many people I know travel on their Philippine passport to save money but for me 160 bucks is cheap insurance.    This is from an article on Investopedia: Dual citizens are subject to limited assistance abroad. If you commit a crime, it can be unclear under which country’s laws you should be prosecuted, and one country could impede the other’s efforts to help you. Just saying.  Think about it.  david

 

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1 hour ago, David & Zoila said:

A word of caution.  My wife is now a US Citizen also.  She has a US passport as well as her Philippines passport.  I did some research and found that if she traveled to the Philippines using her Philippine passport she could possibly, I repeat possibly run into trouble.  I have read of cases where the US has said that a person (US Citizens included) traveling on a foreign passport (other than US) might run into trouble if they get in trouble in the country they are visiting.  For example if you got arrested or into a motor vehicle accident and called upon the US Embassy for help you COULD run into difficulty  because the US might say you are also a citizen of the foreign country.  Call that embassy.  Just something for thought.  I know many people I know travel on their Philippine passport to save money but for me 160 bucks is cheap insurance.    This is from an article on Investopedia: Dual citizens are subject to limited assistance abroad. If you commit a crime, it can be unclear under which country’s laws you should be prosecuted, and one country could impede the other’s efforts to help you. Just saying.  Think about it.  david

 

Thanks David. I hadn't thought of that.

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3 hours ago, X Factor said:

Wife got her citizenship August 2 and her US passport about 2 weeks later. So much easier to travel now. 

 

It's ironic that our trip to Bolivia in 3 weeks she will use her Philippines passport to avoid paying for a Bolivian Visa. If she uses the US passport she will have to pay $160.00 for a Bolivian visa. I had to pay that fee.

By law, she is now required to exit and enter the US on a US passport now that she is a citizen.

She can use her Philippines passport to enter Bolivia, but she is really not supposed to since as said before she may have no protection from the US embassy, and US frowns on entering another country on the foreign passport (unless you are a citizen of said country), just to save the visa fee.

 

Be aware that when re-entering the US, they may look at the US passport to see the customs stamp from entering Bolivia....so you may get a bit of a lecture when returning if using the foreign passport to enter Bolivia.  Of course, they cannot deny her entry to the US.

Edited September 29, 2017 by Going through

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The guidance regarding dual citizenship is more concerning when you are traveling to a country that you are a citizen of.  The US will not provide assistance for you in that case.  I travel on both of my passports depending on which is easiest at the time.  It isn't a big deal.

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On 9/28/2017 at 8:39 PM, Going through said:

By law, she is now required to exit and enter the US on a US passport now that she is a citizen.

She can use her Philippines passport to enter Bolivia, but she is really not supposed to since as said before she may have no protection from the US embassy, and US frowns on entering another country on the foreign passport (unless you are a citizen of said country), just to save the visa fee.

 

Be aware that when re-entering the US, they may look at the US passport to see the customs stamp from entering Bolivia....so you may get a bit of a lecture when returning if using the foreign passport to enter Bolivia.  Of course, they cannot deny her entry to the US.

When re-entering the US they did look at her US passport for the Bolivian entry stamp. We explained that she used her Philippines passport and there were no issues.