Which passport do you use with the airline?
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Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
I have a complicated procedure, since my preferred international airport is over the border in Canada.
Enter Canada by car at Prescott, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Leave Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at LHR, I show my British Passport
Leave UK at LHR, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Ogdensburg, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Then get home and go through a mountain of junk mail.
Enter Canada by car at Prescott, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Leave Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at LHR, I show my British Passport
Leave UK at LHR, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Ogdensburg, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Then get home and go through a mountain of junk mail.
#17
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
I have a complicated procedure, since my preferred international airport is over the border in Canada.
Enter Canada by car at Prescott, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Leave Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at LHR, I show my British Passport
Leave UK at LHR, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Ogdensburg, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Then get home and go through a mountain of junk mail.
Enter Canada by car at Prescott, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Leave Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at LHR, I show my British Passport
Leave UK at LHR, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YOW, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Ogdensburg, I show my enhanced NY Drivers License
Then get home and go through a mountain of junk mail.
My version:
Enter Canada by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
Leave Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Leave UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
#19
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
I believe that the official exit record is provided by the airline, not by the border agents, so regardless which passport you show as you go through security, all they're doing is checking that you are the person listed on your boarding pass: you'll still be in the records as having left on your US passport.
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Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Not sure what you mean by 'separate' but there certainly are exit checks - airlines send information on each passenger to the Home Office.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cks-fact-sheet
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cks-fact-sheet
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Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Any particular reason you use three documents? I prefer to only have to keep track / security of a minimum of things such as passports.
My version:
Enter Canada by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
Leave Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Leave UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
My version:
Enter Canada by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
Leave Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport
Enter UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Leave UK at MAN, I show my US Passport
Enter Canada at YYZ, I show my US Passport, and explain I'm in transit to US
Enter US by car at Lewiston, I show my US Passport
When I entered at LHR a couple of weeks ago, there was a prodigious line for the foreign, and no line to go through the automated entry system ....
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#23
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Until recently, I had just one U.S. Passport, but on renewing my NYS drivers license recently, I opted for the enhanced dl that serves as a passport, for road crossings to Canada & Mexico. My reason was, we go to Canada, all the time, and this way I just show my dl which is always in my wallet anyway, no need to dig out my full passport. Of course, if going overseas, I have to carry my full passport anyway. As for British passport - maybe a luxury, but if I'm entering Britain I don't want to be showing a foreign passport & explaining myself to an official.
When I entered at LHR a couple of weeks ago, there was a prodigious line for the foreign, and no line to go through the automated entry system ....
When I entered at LHR a couple of weeks ago, there was a prodigious line for the foreign, and no line to go through the automated entry system ....
#24
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
There certainly was when I entered through Manchester in 2012. There was an EU line and non EU line. The Non EU line being the shorter.
I see no advantage in a USC using a UK passport, other an emotional one, which I got over a long time ago.
I see no advantage in a USC using a UK passport, other an emotional one, which I got over a long time ago.
#25
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
He said exit controls. ...... I think the UK recently started tracking exits again.
Last edited by Pulaski; Jul 25th 2016 at 10:17 pm.
#26
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Of course anyone that has ever traveled by air would know that there are no exit lines. Passport have always been checked at the check in counter.
Don't a US resident UK citizens have to show their green cards at check in? it's been a while since I had a green card.
#27
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Leave US on US passport. Enter UK on UK passport. Leave UK on US passport. Enter US on US passport. This is what I've always done, and I haven't been asked any questions about it. If I'm asked next time, like happened to you, I'll explain as you did that I checked in in the US with my US passport, shouldn't be a problem I would have thought. I'm more comfortable doing this than leaving the US on a UK passport when I'm a resident of the US. But I don't know what the regulations are with respect to this.
Everything Asg says.
#28
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Not sure what you mean by 'separate' but there certainly are exit checks - airlines send information on each passenger to the Home Office.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cks-fact-sheet
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cks-fact-sheet
Pollyanna had used the word 'separate'. You had said that you believed that the exit record was provided by the airline and not border agents.
My intent was to provide the correct info to Pollyanna and also confirm your belief.
I believe that the official exit record is provided by the airline, not by the border agents, so regardless which passport you show as you go through security, all they're doing is checking that you are the person listed on your boarding pass: you'll still be in the records as having left on your US passport.
Secondarily, you remove the risk of being interrogated regarding why you're trying to enter the UK, length of stay etc. Might matter for regular visitors, those whose visits include work, uncertain/flexible plans etc.
#29
Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Yeah this, the only point you use your British passport is at the POE in the UK. One time I did quizzed as to where I was from and they looked up the flight information to confirm it, but there is no other way to do it. You have to use your US passport at check-in in both directions because you can't do ESTA and in like manner, Canadians have to use their Canadian passport because we can't do ETA.
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Re: Which passport do you use with the airline?
Yeah this, the only point you use your British passport is at the POE in the UK. One time I did quizzed as to where I was from and they looked up the flight information to confirm it, but there is no other way to do it. You have to use your US passport at check-in in both directions because you can't do ESTA and in like manner, Canadians have to use their Canadian passport because we can't do ETA.
So, just to be clear, I should enter our US passport info on the airline's website, right? I need to enter it at least 72 hours ahead of the flight.