Dear Steven, By law, it is the responsibility of the air carrier to prove that the passenger has the legal documents to enter the country of destination, otherwise the carrier takes full all expenses to return the passenger back to his country. Border (passport) control only checks if you have the legal passport and have no legal obligations and/or previous violations of local laws preventing you to leave/enter the country, for that they have the electronic database. Looks like German authorities do some extra job, like here during the USSR times, when we also had to have the "exit" visa ;) Sincerely, Sergey Orlov, Marketing Director, Electronintorg SP, Tel +7-499-1554635 Tel +7-495-2280766 Fax +7-495-7873869 Mob +7-916-3929803
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Lacitis Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:31 PM To: The Moscow Expat List Subject: Re: Expat List Dual citizenship actually this is not 100% right... when flying from germany to russia the border control checks your passport for a valid visa - either for where u go to or where u from... so showing your russian passport u MUST have a german visa /showing your german passport u MUST have a russian one. They double or even tripple check because the're held responsible if u arrive with no valid visa and sent back... _____ Von: "Charles Borden" <[email protected]> Gesendet: 23.06.09 05:59:18 An: The Moscow Expat List Betreff: Re: Expat List Dual citizenship There is no reason to present the US passport when departing Russia except at the airline ticket counter. Passport control does not care if you have a visa or not for your destination. They are only concerned that you have a right to leave Russia. When you arrive in the US, they only care that you have a right to enter so all that is necessary is a US Passport, green card or US visa. You dont need to show a Russian passport. On 6/22/09 12:29 AM, "Arevik Garamova" <[email protected]> wrote: There will be no problems, as you would present both passports when you exit Russia for the states. On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Lada Savelyeva <[email protected]> wrote: Dear All - I assume there must be people on this list who hold dual citizenship,Russian and American. I was wondering how does it work while crossing the borders? >From what I know, the US allows, but doesn't encourage dual citizenship; and I don't think Russia allows it. So, if one is going to the US from Russia, and is using the US passport - won't Russian customs look for a visa in it, how you got in the country in the first place and whether or not you are leaving on time? And if there is no visa there (since one entered on Russian passport), will they create a problem for you? I know de-facto that tons of people travel on both passports, I just don't know the mechanics of it. Any info you may spare? Thank you! Lada _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/ _____ _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/ _____ _______________________________________________Expat mailing [email protected]http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expathttp://www.expat .ru/forum/
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