Chile Forum

by **Chile2008** on Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:02 pm

I am a Chilean with US citizenship. I have both US and Chilean passports. Does anyone know how to go about using both when traveling to Chile?

by **Valdivia** on Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:09 pm

Leave on the US.
Arrive with Chilean.

by **eeuunikkeiexpat** on Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:22 pm

To be clear:

USA no exit control BUT at the airline counter: present USA passport
At Chile Immigrations: present Chile passport

When leaving Chile to USA:

At airline counter: USA passport
At Chile exit Immigrations: Chile passport

On Arriving USA:

At USA Immogrations: present USA passport

Rinse and Repeat

by **SoCal-Lady** on Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:03 am

Thanks for the clear explanation!
That helps a lot.

by **MikieO** on Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:51 am

While I agree on the use of the dual passports, you'll probably find that the added (secondary zone average wait 1 hr) attention you get while reentering the US isn't to your liking. I too have dual nationality and do the same thing when going to the EU but so as to avoid long lines at the "non EU" area. I used to get indignant at the thought of being checked out and checked back in, like a library book but unfortunately I don't have a say, another factor in my decision re Chile.
Without getting into an anti US, big govt. rant that should be under "State of the States" I'll just say that the "you have a common name" excuse for stopping and holding me for in excess of an hour on occasion at LAX gets old. :roll:

Since the EU started inputting all arriving passport numbers recently, the problem appears to have ended. Looks like the US computers are now linked to the EU ones. I wonder if they are with Chile too and if not, how long before they are? YMMV