Minor son citizen now - can he leave the US without passport?

[little immigrant 801]

He wants to travel back to his birth country with his birth country's passport. We applied for the US passport yesterday after the oath ceremony of his father. Will it be OK for him to travel back home and once we get the passport in the mail we will get it to him? Thank you in advance.

Edited September 28, 2022 by little immigrant

[Verrou 1,962]

2 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

He wants to travel back to his birth country with his birth country's passport. We applied for the US passport yesterday after the oath ceremony of his father. Will it be OK for him to travel back home and once we get the passport in the mail we will get it to him? Thank you in advance.

he need to leave USA with his US passport. 

[Family 4,068]

Yes. It works .

Just cover your bases if he is traveling as an unaccompanied minor…and of course have a super sure way of getting his US passport across to him in time to return.

[little immigrant 801]

34 minutes ago, Misscloud said:

he need to leave USA with his US passport. 

There are no exit controls

19 minutes ago, Family said:

Yes. It works .

Just cover your bases if he is traveling as an unaccompanied minor…and of course have a super sure way of getting his US passport across to him in time to return.

OK

Edited September 28, 2022 by little immigrant

[Dashinka 24,654]

How do they re-enter the US without a US Passport?

 

According to 8 USC 1185(b), US citizens are required to have a US passport to enter and leave the US, except as provided by regulation (the exceptions are alternative documents that mostly apply to land/sea travel only). The US doesn’t have exit checks, so the “leave” part is largely meaningless; it’s only “enter” that matters.

 

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-US-citizen-travel-with-a-foreign-passport?share=1

[Mike E 11,741]

1 hour ago, little immigrant said:

He wants to travel back to his birth country with his birth country's passport. We applied for the US passport yesterday after the oath ceremony of his father. Will it be OK for him to travel back home and once we get the passport in the mail we will get it to him?

 

Legally he has to leave the USA on  his U.S. passport or U.S. passport card.  This law is rarely  enforced at the port of exit but it can happen:

 

* CBP sometimes sets up exit controls at land borders. Rare.

 

* CBP sometimes sets up exit controls at jetways between the passenger and the aircraft. 

 

*  airlines are free to enforce the law (airline: Mr @little immigrant son, do you live in the U.S.?” LIS: “yes” Airline: “I need to see your green card”).  I’ve been prevented from boarding a flight, including domestic  connecting  flights on an international journey several times when I had a gc, until I produced my gc. 

Edited September 28, 2022 by Mike E

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

How long would he be away? Don't know how long passports take these days but what if it doesn't come in time? That would probably be my concern.

[Lil bear 4,262]

4 hours ago, little immigrant said:

He wants to travel back to his birth country with his birth country's passport. We applied for the US passport yesterday after the oath ceremony of his father. Will it be OK for him to travel back home and once we get the passport in the mail we will get it to him? Thank you in advance.

If you live within a reasonable distance of a Passport Processing office, you can get an appointment to get the passport on the same day. There are limited appointments and you must meet stringent conditions , but its worth looking into. You can read about it here .. 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

[Scandi 4,173]

I have dual citizenship and have never left the US with my US passport (I mean, I have it with me, but never show it anywhere). If I travel to EU I just use my EU passport. When I travel back to the US I use my US passport. Never an issue, nobody has asked to see it.

The first time I flew after becoming a citizen, the Scandinavian Airlines actually refused to even look at my US passport when going to EU, all they were interested in was my EU passport, and changed all the passenger information for me when I checked in, to match my EU passport instead of the US (that I had originally filled out online).

For OP: I personally wouldn't leave the US without the US passport and have it shipped later on. I wouldn't trust it to actually arrive without issues. Your choice though.

Edited September 29, 2022 by Scandi

[little immigrant 801]

10 hours ago, Scandi said:

For OP: I personally wouldn't leave the US without the US passport and have it shipped later on. I wouldn't trust it to actually arrive without issues. Your choice though.

I agree but it's not my choice to make.

 

17 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

How long would he be away? Don't know how long passports take these days but what if it doesn't come in time? That would probably be my concern.

He wants to live in his birth country from what I understood.

 

20 hours ago, Dashinka said:

How do they re-enter the US without a US Passport?

He probably won't for some time.

 

16 hours ago, Lil bear said:

If you live within a reasonable distance of a Passport Processing office, you can get an appointment to get the passport on the same day. There are limited appointments and you must meet stringent conditions , but its worth looking into. You can read about it here .. 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

Thank you the application has already been filed.

[Lil bear 4,262]

32 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

I agree but it's not my choice to make.

 

He wants to live in his birth country from what I understood.

 

He probably won't for some time.

 

Thank you the application has already been filed.

You can escalate an already submitted application by the same process.. emergency travel