Can a Guatemalan/Spanish citizen enter Guatemala with an expired Guatemalan passport?
My girlfriend and I will be visiting Guatemala, together. She is Guatemalan, and now has Spanish citizenship as well (along with a Spanish passport).
Her Spanish passport is current, but her Guatemalan passport has expired.
Will this pose a problem for her when entering Guatemala? Which passport should she present?
Best Answer
Not familiar with specifics laws of Guatemala, but in general:
- You can usually enter your country of citizenship on any ID conclusively proving that citizenship (with varying degrees of hassle). An expired passport should suffice. However, she'd almost certainly need to obtain a new Guatemalan passport in order to leave (i.e. could not use the Spanish one to exit if she did not use it to enter).
- Some countries frown on their citizens using a passport from another country to enter (in the U.S. this is illegal), but many are fine with this.
I hope somebody has an answer specific to Guatemala.
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