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I was born in a NAFTA country (not USA!) to a NAFTA parent and a European parent. Therefore I have two citizenships and two passports: one is a passport of a NAFTA country (NOT USA) and the other one is a passport of a European country.
After living in the NAFTA country for 7 years I moved to the European country where I've been living ever since.
I've entered the USA only with my European passport. I've entered the USA only as a tourist. When the USA started taking fingerprints of all the tourists, they took my fingerprints as a European citizen because I was entering the USA with my European-country passport.
Now I have a job offer from an American company and would like to apply for a TN-visa!
I fulfill all the requirements for the TN-visa. I would obviously apply as a citizen from the NAFTA-country that I was born in (else I couldn't apply for a TN-visa).
The problem now is that the US government has my fingerprints stored as fingerprints that belong to a European-country citizen. What will happen if I suddenly apply as a NAFTA-country citizen?? Obviously the US-customs officer will see on his computer that these fingerprints belong to a European-country citizen and NOT to a NAFTA-country citizen!!! Will they let me in?? Will I get into trouble?
My question: Is it possible to apply for a TN-visa being a dual citizen in the sense of being a citizen of a NAFTA-country AND being a citizen of a European-country(which is naturally NOT a NAFTA country?)
What will the US immigration officer say to my dual citizenship and the contradiction of my fingerprints???
I'd be really thankful for any advice!! Since I don't want to do anything wrong at the border!
After living in the NAFTA country for 7 years I moved to the European country where I've been living ever since.
I've entered the USA only with my European passport. I've entered the USA only as a tourist. When the USA started taking fingerprints of all the tourists, they took my fingerprints as a European citizen because I was entering the USA with my European-country passport.
Now I have a job offer from an American company and would like to apply for a TN-visa!
I fulfill all the requirements for the TN-visa. I would obviously apply as a citizen from the NAFTA-country that I was born in (else I couldn't apply for a TN-visa).
The problem now is that the US government has my fingerprints stored as fingerprints that belong to a European-country citizen. What will happen if I suddenly apply as a NAFTA-country citizen?? Obviously the US-customs officer will see on his computer that these fingerprints belong to a European-country citizen and NOT to a NAFTA-country citizen!!! Will they let me in?? Will I get into trouble?
My question: Is it possible to apply for a TN-visa being a dual citizen in the sense of being a citizen of a NAFTA-country AND being a citizen of a European-country(which is naturally NOT a NAFTA country?)
What will the US immigration officer say to my dual citizenship and the contradiction of my fingerprints???
I'd be really thankful for any advice!! Since I don't want to do anything wrong at the border!
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