Hello,
I have obtained my Finnish citizenship and passport not long ago and was going to travel for the first time in many years. I have a question regarding which passport should be used when traveling?
For example if I’m traveling to my non-EU country at birth, I should show my Finnish passport at border control in Finland when I’m exiting, but which passport should I use to book ticket with and show at check-in counter? Should it still be the Finnish one or the one that grant me the right to entry, e.g. my home country passport?
Thank you in advance.
Traveling as a dual citizen
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Re: Traveling as a dual citizen
Often no passport information is needed to create the booking. At check-in you should give the passport based on the destination country.akuno_hime_1412 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:49 amHello,
I have obtained my Finnish citizenship and passport not long ago and was going to travel for the first time in many years. I have a question regarding which passport should be used when traveling?
For example if I’m traveling to my non-EU country at birth, I should show my Finnish passport at border control in Finland when I’m exiting, but which passport should I use to book ticket with and show at check-in counter? Should it still be the Finnish one or the one that grant me the right to entry, e.g. my home country passport?
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Re: Traveling as a dual citizen
Thank you betelgeuse,
I booked the ticket without specifying my passport number. As I’m trying to do the online check-in, the airline asked for passport info such as number, issuing authority, expiry date etc, so I’m confused if i put my non-Finnish passport number there and proceed to border control with a Finnish passport to exit, will it create a discrepancy anyhow. I have always travel with only one passport so this has gotten a bit confusing
I booked the ticket without specifying my passport number. As I’m trying to do the online check-in, the airline asked for passport info such as number, issuing authority, expiry date etc, so I’m confused if i put my non-Finnish passport number there and proceed to border control with a Finnish passport to exit, will it create a discrepancy anyhow. I have always travel with only one passport so this has gotten a bit confusing
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Re: Traveling as a dual citizen
Dual citizens are a regular occurance for border control. In Finland you can just use the machines and they will let a Finnish passport holder through.akuno_hime_1412 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 11:51 amI booked the ticket without specifying my passport number. As I’m trying to do the online check-in, the airline asked for passport info such as number, issuing authority, expiry date etc, so I’m confused if i put my non-Finnish passport number there and proceed to border control with a Finnish passport to exit, will it create a discrepancy anyhow. I have always travel with only one passport so this has gotten a bit confusing
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Re: Traveling as a dual citizen
You should also check if you have still retained your original citizenship, because often (not all countries I think?) when they get naturalized or get a new citizenship , their old citizenship gets revoked automatically.akuno_hime_1412 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:49 amHello,
I have obtained my Finnish citizenship and passport not long ago and was going to travel for the first time in many years. I have a question regarding which passport should be used when traveling?
For example if I’m traveling to my non-EU country at birth, I should show my Finnish passport at border control in Finland when I’m exiting, but which passport should I use to book ticket with and show at check-in counter? Should it still be the Finnish one or the one that grant me the right to entry, e.g. my home country passport?
Thank you in advance.