Argentine-Born Us Citizen W/ Us Passport To Travel: 90 Days?

[citygirl]

My kids always enter/leave the US on their US passport and enter/leave Argentina on their Argentine passport. It's technically how you should do it anyway. Your wife will need to show her Arg passport to the airline when she checks in for her flight in the US (as a reason for not paying the reciprocity fee) but that's NBD.

 

[Tangerine]

If you enter some half baked county on your Argentine passport, and have problems, don’t expect the U.S. to come rescue you.
North Korea, most of the Muslim and African countries come to mind.

Argentina is 3/4 baked so you my be OK while visiting.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

She can't choose to do that because by US law she has to show her US passport when leaving or re-entering the US.

In the US she has to show the US while in Argentina she has to show the AR passport.

Otherwise, if they realize she is local, she will be not allowed to fly without a local passport.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

The AR passport can be done at Eze in a day or less if you want to pay a little more (it was like 1500 pesos).

 

[Frinkiac7]

So what I am hearing as the general consensus is: exit US with US passport, enter Argentina and leave Argentina with Argentine passport, and re-enter US with US passport. Does the US not care that you have no stamp in your US passport when you come back?

Airline tickets are booked in US married name consistent with US passport. I have read on the airline site that as long as your US passport says Argentina as place of birth the airline won't hassle you for the fee, but she can bring her Argentine passport in case. I guess the one complication is that the Argentine passport is in maiden name and US passport is in US married name.

I suppose the simplest way would be to plan to stay for less than 90 days and just use the US passport the entire time for all international travel and border crossing.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

You have to notify thr AR Embassy or Renaper here about the marriage and the chane of name. And then, make a new AR passport where the names fits with the US passport.

 

[EJLarson]

So what I am hearing as the general consensus is: exit US with US passport, enter Argentina and leave Argentina with Argentine passport, and re-enter US with US passport. Does the US not care that you have no stamp in your US passport when you come back?

Airline tickets are booked in US married name consistent with US passport. I have read on the airline site that as long as your US passport says Argentina as place of birth the airline won't hassle you for the fee, but she can bring her Argentine passport in case. I guess the one complication is that the Argentine passport is in maiden name and US passport is in US married name.

I suppose the simplest way would be to plan to stay for less than 90 days and just use the US passport the entire time for all international travel and border crossing.

From our experience (Argentine-born wife with US and Argentine passports), it's easier to use the US document for everything. As you say, she should have the Argentine passport with her for extra reciprocity proof. Why even risk questions re Argentine stamps on the return to the US? Otherwise, you could get a lot more questions and scrutiny. The maiden name thing is no problem.

 

[bdk1]

Airline tickets are booked in US married name consistent with US passport. I have read on the airline site that as long as your US passport says Argentina as place of birth the airline won't hassle you for the fee, but she can bring her Argentine passport in case. I guess the one complication is that the Argentine passport is in maiden name and US passport is in US married name.

This is actually not a minor hassle. My mom is in the exact same situation: Argentine-born US citizen and her US passport says one name, her Argentine passport says another name. She always travels to Argentina with: her US passport, her Argentinean passport, AND her marriage certificate. Bring the marriage certificate with you to demonstrate the change of name.

 

[ben]

This is actually not a minor hassle. My mom is in the exact same situation: Argentine-born US citizen and her US passport says one name, her Argentine passport says another name. She always travels to Argentina with: her US passport, her Argentinean passport, AND her marriage certificate. Bring the marriage certificate with you to demonstrate the change of name.

Sounds about right.

 

[Frinkiac7]

Yes, I have been told by many Argentines married and naturalized as citizens in the U.S. that Argentina will not re-issue a passport with the U.S. married name. They will change your marital status in the records system if you present your marriage certificate.

We will just have her use the all-U.S. documentation for everything. That was the plan originally anyway...if bumping up against the 90 day limit will just make sure she comes back beforehand. Bringing the Argentine passport in case, but I guess we don't anticipate many problems.