Can an American Citizen Transit in USA with Expired US Passport
My son is a dual citizen of the UK and USA. His US passport has expired. However, his UK passport is still valid. We are flying from the UK to Mexico via Atlanta. Will he be allowed to transit in Atlanta with an expired US passport?
Best Answer
Unfortunately Atlanta has no concept of international transit so you must clear immigration and and customs on arrival from the UK. See http://www.atlanta-airport.com/internationalterminal/passenger/types.html. As a US citizen your son is required to enter and exit the US with his US passport. You could try to do it all on the UK passport but it will be scanned and recorded. These days the Department of Homeland Security is better at data gathering and there is a chance that they will find out.
You can certainly enter Mexico with the UK passport. No visa required and perfectly legal. Getting into the US, however, would be tricky.
Best shots would be to get the US passport renewed or chose a flight that doesn't transit in the US.
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