As a dual citizen, my US passport will expire one day after traveling to the US. Will this work?
As a dual citizen, my US passport will expire one day after traveling to the US (May 4th). I will be staying for one week, flying back to Europe afterwards (where I am a resident). Can I enter with my US passport, and leave with my valid EU passport? I'm flying with Icelandair.
Also, in this case I shouldn't try to get an ESTA for my EU passport, right?
PS. When trying to use an emergency procedure to renew my US passport, I am not getting any replies from the US consulate.
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- As a US citizen you cannot be denied entry into the US, regardless whether you have a passport or not or whether it's valid
- Entering without a valid passport can be pain. The immigration officer will need to let you in eventually but they can make it painful process.
- Since your passport is valid, you are fine either way. They may grunt at you for a while, but you can just ignore that and say "yes officer" repeatedly.
- The US has no exit controls, you don't need a US passport to leave the country.
- Don't use ESTA when dealing with US immigration, use your US passport, expired or not.
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No US citizen should ever get ESTA. That is for people who do not have any US citizenship.
Citizens should enter their own country with their own country's passport. Therefore you should enter the US with a US passport and enter the EU with an EU country's passport.
Airlines are concerned with the possibility of you arriving at a country and then being refused entry. They pay fines and penalties if that happens, because airlines are expected to pre-check your paperwork. When they see you are a citizen of the destination country, that puts them at ease because you cannot be refused entry if you are a citizen.
America doesn't have exit controls so they don't care how you leave. When boarding a flight to the EU, show your EU passport.
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