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From: 223rem on 24 Feb 2007 14:25
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!
From: Patty on 24 Feb 2007 14:33
In article <gcadnZX1vJLvDH3YnZ2dnUVZ_o-knZ2d(a)insightbb.com>,
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?

It's perfectly legal, and if they ask, just tell them that your
travels are recorded in your other passport. (If they even are;
last time I visited Europe, I only wound up with one stamp after
entering and exiting three countries.) But they probably won't
even ask. I suppose a particularly hardnosed agent might want to
see the other passport. Don't lie awake nights worrying about it. ;-)


Patty

From: Jim Davis on 24 Feb 2007 14:41
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On Feb 24, 1:33 pm, Patty Winter (pat...(a)wintertime.com) wrote:
> In article <gcadnZX1vJLvDH3YnZ2dnUVZ_o-kn...(a)insightbb.com>,
>
> 223rem <223...(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?
>
> It's perfectly legal, and if they ask, just tell them that your
> travels are recorded in your other passport. (If they even are;
> last time I visited Europe, I only wound up with one stamp after
> entering and exiting three countries.) But they probably won't
> even ask. I suppose a particularly hardnosed agent might want to
> see the other passport. Don't lie awake nights worrying about it. ;-)
>
> Patty

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.

Maybe they'll wonder how you never left the country, but entered a
dozen times.

From: 223rem on 24 Feb 2007 15:03
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.
From: d4g4hd on 24 Feb 2007 15:43
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?

Not just legal, but perfectly normal. People do it all the time. As you
probably know, it is illegal to enter the US on another passport if you
have an US one. I don't know if any EU states have similar provisions.

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