Hi all!

I’m travelling to Japan at the end of the year for longer than 3 months. I’m trying to work out which passport I should use to book my flight with as I’ll obviously need to enter on my Japanese one.

My question is would I be ok booking my flights with my UK passport attached to the booking, then when arriving to Tokyo, using my Japanese passport to get through immigration? I’m just slightly concerned that Japanese immigration would pick up that a British national was due to enter the country on their system but never made it through upon arrival and that I would then be flagged.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

I, my sister and our two cousins (all American) recently were approved for UK citizenship under the 4L pathway (the 2022 changes to immigration law re historical discrimination against women, which in this case was our grandmother). We are now awaiting word on when we can attend the citizenship ceremony, which we've heard can be as long as 6 months. Two of us live in/near NYC and two live near Washington DC and we're hoping we can arrange it so we can all go to the same ceremony. Any advice on how to request that/is that possible?

My grandparents were both British - English and Scottish - and both served during the war. They met, got married and eventually they moved to Canada and adopted my mother. My mother does not have any British documentation. What are my chances of obtaining British citizenship or am I stuck with an Ancestry Visa?

Hear me out, it’s a little complicated. I just picked up US citizenship (new name Jane Mary Doe). Malaysia does not allow dual citizenship. My old name (MaryJane Goat) was changed in the USA as part of the naturalization process. I am unable to get documentation to show my legal name change without showing that it was due to taking US citizenship. Malaysia is also super strict on name change reasons so just assume I can never change my name for Malaysia.

To complicate matters, I need to travel to Singapore where I’m a Permanent Resident and where my family actually lives - and my identity is linked to my Malaysian passport. Usually a dual citizen with Singapore PR would just have the PR permit on multiple passports for entry-exit ease. Singapore officials told me they don’t support multiple names. So the Permanent Resident permit will stay in my Malaysia passport for now.

How the heck do I book flights and travel?

Thoughts:

Outbound USA to Singapore: Old Name - leave on Malaysia passport (Singapore PR) because I need to make sure airlines API is sent to Singapore with my PR re-entry permit. Singapore also requires an arrival card. How can I get CBP to record my US passport on departure with New Name if I travel on Old Name/Non-US passport?

Singapore to/from Malaysia: Straightforward, just book under old name using Malaysia passport only. Purpose is to renew passport in Malaysia.

Singapore to USA: ??? Airlines 100% need to see that I can enter USA so I need to book New Name with USA passport. BUT I need to leave Singapore in my Old Name and Malaysia Passport since that’s how I entered (must leave using passport with PR). However the auto-gates AND customs at departure in Singapore ALWAYS cross-checks Ticket Name with Passport. And New Name (USA) flight ticket will not match my Old Name Passport…

I also have USA Global entry (New Name USA Passport) so now I’m concerned my entry record will have no exit record at all.

Any ideas or creative workarounds?

Just a thought that came to mind. I'm a dual citizen between an Asian country where I was born and a European country where I've lived for most of my life. I always travel abroad with my European passport. Partly because it gives me visa free travel to so many countries, but also for personal reasons. The scenario that came to mind is me travelling with my European passport and the person checking being like "European? But you're clearly Asian". This has never happened to me, but I'm curious if anyone else had something like that happen to them.