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Entering the US on an expired US passport
« on: May 21, 2023, 09:43:10 PM »
We are leaving for Israel tomorrow morning (Monday 5/22). Just realized my wife's passport expires on Monday 5/29. Our return flight is on Wednesday 5/31. Will US customs really give us a hard time getting back into the country? What are our options?

She is a dual citizen and has another valid passport from another country. Not sure if that helps.
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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2023, 11:03:44 PM »
We are leaving for Israel tomorrow morning (Monday 5/22). Just realized my wife's passport expires on Monday 5/29. Our return flight is on Wednesday 5/31. Will US customs really give us a hard time getting back into the country? What are our options?

She is a dual citizen and has another valid passport from another country. Not sure if that helps.
I think you might have a challenge leaving as well, the US requires that you leave with your US passport while the airlines will likely not allow to board with a passport expiring during your trip.

As for returning, the COVID era expired passport rule has not been renewed, which means as a US citizen you must enter the USA with a valid US passport.

Depending in the other passport she's holding it might be a huge challenge to enter without trouble.

I'm no expert, but I beg you to make the proper research before heading to the airport.

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« Last Edit: May 21, 2023, 11:11:14 PM by Alexsei »
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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2023, 07:00:04 AM »
not sure about leaving USA
but returning just get emergency passport in israel
ready within couple hours

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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2023, 09:03:52 AM »
Airline won’t let you take the outbound in my experience. Wondering what happened / will happen …

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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2023, 09:28:08 AM »
Pushed off our flight to this afternoon and got an appointment with the passport office.
Crossing our fingers that we’ll be able to get out of the country on her good passport. We’ll have someone overnight the passport to us in Israel…

Will let you know how it goes
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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2023, 09:49:47 AM »
We are leaving for Israel tomorrow morning (Monday 5/22). Just realized my wife's passport expires on Monday 5/29. Our return flight is on Wednesday 5/31. Will US customs really give us a hard time getting back into the country? What are our options?

She is a dual citizen and has another valid passport from another country. Not sure if that helps.

If you can change your flight without penalty just change your return flight to Sunday 5/28. From past experience, the airline will let you fly if you can show your return is within the good dates of your passport. Then once you get there you can change your return back to 5/31.

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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2023, 11:02:55 PM »
Pushed off our flight to this afternoon and got an appointment with the passport office.
Crossing our fingers that we’ll be able to get out of the country on her good passport. We’ll have someone overnight the passport to us in Israel…

Will let you know how it goes
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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2023, 06:41:30 PM »
We are leaving for Israel tomorrow morning (Monday 5/22). Just realized my wife's passport expires on Monday 5/29. Our return flight is on Wednesday 5/31. Will US customs really give us a hard time getting back into the country? What are our options?

She is a dual citizen and has another valid passport from another country. Not sure if that helps.

@ueaiouioei whatever ended up happening?
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Re: Entering the US on an expired US passport
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2023, 01:55:39 AM »
@ueaiouioei whatever ended up happening?

I called an expedited passport service and got an AM appointment at the passport office. There was a 1-hour wait and then she was told the passport could be ready in 2 hours. But we couldn't wait around or would have missed our flight. My wife was able to leave the country on her foreign passport without any issues. The passport office overnighted the passport to family in the States and they overnighted the passport to us in Israel. We got it yesterday!!
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