Traveling to Brazil on different passports [duplicate]

I am a new US citizen and need to use my US passport to travel to Brazil since I need to show proof of residency and I no longer have my green card that goes with my Cyprus passport. However, I can enter Brazil visa-free with my Cyprus passport and would like to be able to do that rather than getting a visa on my US passport.

My question: Can I depart the US with my US passport and enter Brazil with my Cyprus passport? Or, will the US airline agents demand to see a visa if I'm using the US passport? Will they be OK if I tell them I'm using the Cyprus passport to enter Brazil?

I'd appreciate your help in figuring this out. Thanks much! Stephan

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Best Answer

You can enter/leave the US on your American passport and enter/leave Brazil on your Cyprian passport. As long as you're entering and leaving a given country on the passport of the local country (if you have one) or the same passport (if you don't have a local one) you should be fine.

In general airlines will not check your visas for you (one exception I have found is Porter Airlines from Toronto to the US, presumably because they found the cost of repatriating people who didn't sign up for ESTA exorbitant).

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Can I use my Brazil visa in my old passport?

When you travel to Brazil, you will have to take both passports with you: the new one as a valid travel document, and the old one with the valid visa. You don't need to apply for a new visa if the one in your expired passport is still valid.

Can I travel to Brazil with a new passport?

You will need: A valid U.S. passport. U.S. citizens do not need a visa if they are traveling to Brazil for tourism, business, transit, artistic or sport activities, with no intention of establishing residence.

Does Brazil recognize dual citizenship?

Citizenship in Brazil is based primarily on jus soli (right of the soil). Thus, generally, anyone born in Brazil acquires citizenship at birth. Dual citizenship has been permitted without restriction since June 9, 1994.

Can a Brazilian enter Brazil with expired passport?

Document Validity:Nationals of Brazil are allowed to enter with an expired passport.

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