Timeline for Dual Colombian and US Citizenship - can I enter Brazil visa-free as a Colombian?
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 20:12 | vote | accept | unknownprotocol | ||
| Dec 16, 2013 at 17:35 | comment | added | Relaxed | Also a small nuance, the problem is not that the US would typically withhold consular assistance, it's that the receiving country would not let them. | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 17:30 | comment | added | Relaxed | Well, OK, I guess it's possible if a country wants to make difficulties (but such is international law anyway) and the edit did clarify that it's just a possibly but I am still unconvinced by the notion that you could choose to be “Colombian citizen in Brazil” merely by using your Colombian passport or conversely be sure to receive assistance from the US if you don't. You are a dual national no matter what and that's where the trouble starts, not mainly when you chose to use one passport or the other. | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 16:11 | comment | added | Dirty-flow | @Annoyed and also from the link that Gagravarr posted in his comment: "A person might not be regarded as being an Australian if that person is not travelling on their Australian passport, which may also limit the consular assistance available. " And btw I don't mean that there always be a problem, but only that it's possible! | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 14:43 | comment | added | Relaxed | That's very vague and mostly about the case I mentioned above. The Vienna convention has no notion of “entering as a Colombian”, either you are a Colombian national or you are not, period. Note that the text you quote still only mentions the dual nationality itself, nowhere does it say that the passport you use matters. If, for some reason, your dual nationality is an issue, having used your US passport would not save you. | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 14:21 | comment | added | Dirty-flow | @Annoyed see my edit | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 14:21 | history | edited | Dirty-flow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 16, 2013 at 14:13 | comment | added | Relaxed | I seriously doubt your last statement, what makes you think that? The classic case where dual citizenship precludes consular assistance is when you have the nationality of the country itsef but that's something else. | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 13:58 | history | answered | Dirty-flow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |