About dual nationality in the U.S. and traveling?

Question

If you have dual nationality (U.S. and another country), what passport do you have to use to travel to your country of origin and why?

Answer 1

Slockin is wrong; the US has no law against dual nationality, and no one has to chose at any age. You can only lose US citizenship by giving it up on purpose, but you are never required to do so:
http://www.travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_778.html

In Russia, on the other hand, you have to petition for permission to keep a second citizenship.
http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_RUSSIAN_FEDERATION.html

Back to the actual question: If you are a US citizen, you must use a US passport to enter and leave the US, because the laws say so. Nobody cares what other passports you use elsewhere.

Remember though, that if you enter another country on that country's passport, they will consider you a local: if you get into trouble, you will not be able to ask the US embassy for help.

Answer 2

my brother and sister are adopted from Russia. They have an american passport, but are considered dual. So if they would go back to visit Russia they would reconize them on their system and let them through.

But when they turn 16 they have to pick which citizenship they want, by law of the American government not Russia's.

If that doesn't help check out the link below

Answer 3

Obviously if you are entering the US , use the american passport
and if you visit your other nation, use you other passport

when travelling check for visa prices and visa clearances for both nationalities

sometimes they charge US citizens more for visas than other nationalities

Answer 4

the best one - take both. How do you get that dual nationality?