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From: Lennart Petersen on 24 Feb 2007 16:57


"223rem" <223rem(a)gmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Jim Davis wrote:
>
>
>> Customs agents don't pay too much attention to stamps. Most passports
>> are scanned now, and all the information is on the screen in front of
>> them.
>
> Customs agents come after passport control. They're interested in
> contraband, not your immigration/passport status.
----------
In fact customs are interested to see passports as they reveal a lot.
Both citizenship and stamps are interesting. Having a stamp from say
Colombia could be the same as a little more than routine search in the
luggage.
Or travelling odd and unlikely routes.


From: B Vaughan on 24 Feb 2007 17:49
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:25:51 -0500, 223rem <223rem(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>When traveling from the US to the EU and back: if I use an EU country
>passport to enter the EU, and my US passport when returning to the US,
>will the US border agent wonder why I have no foreign stamps on my US
>passport corresponding to my travel dates? Is it even legal to do
>something like that?

I have done this often. I live in Italy, and use my US passport to
enter the US and my EU passport to return home. I once asked at the
airline checkin if it was legal and they said it was. You might want a
more official answer than that.
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Barbara Vaughan
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From: irwell on 24 Feb 2007 17:58
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:25:51 -0500, 223rem <223rem(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>When traveling from the US to the EU and back: if I use an EU country
>passport to enter the EU, and my US passport when returning to the US,
>will the US border agent wonder why I have no foreign stamps on my US
>passport corresponding to my travel dates? Is it even legal to do
>something like that?
>
>Thanks!

In this day and age of paranoia stick to one
passport for the journey. Airlines record your
passport info these days on International trips.
From: Lennart Petersen on 24 Feb 2007 18:29


"irwell" <hook(a)yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:25:51 -0500, 223rem <223rem(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>When traveling from the US to the EU and back: if I use an EU country
>>passport to enter the EU, and my US passport when returning to the US,
>>will the US border agent wonder why I have no foreign stamps on my US
>>passport corresponding to my travel dates? Is it even legal to do
>>something like that?
>>
>>Thanks!
>
> In this day and age of paranoia stick to one
> passport for the journey. Airlines record your
> passport info these days on International trips.
----------
True. And at least for trips to U.S the airlines are required to provide and
send a number of details to the U.S immigration in advance.


From: Frank F. Matthews on 24 Feb 2007 19:28


irwell wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:25:51 -0500, 223rem <223rem(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>When traveling from the US to the EU and back: if I use an EU country
>>passport to enter the EU, and my US passport when returning to the US,
>>will the US border agent wonder why I have no foreign stamps on my US
>>passport corresponding to my travel dates? Is it even legal to do
>>something like that?
>>
>>Thanks!
>
>
> In this day and age of paranoia stick to one
> passport for the journey. Airlines record your
> passport info these days on International trips.

It would be a good idea to provide them with the passport identification
that you intend to use to enter the US. I suspect that the European
side is far less likely to try to match the passport numbers at entry.
I suspect that it would also be useful to show the passport at boarding
that they expect.

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