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@linsaywv

Congrats on your shiny new EU passport! Very useful if you fancy relocating to Europe.

My understanding is that all countries expect you to enter with the passport of that country, if you have one. And you should use the same passport if/when you leave.

If you've been issued with a passport, then I doubt there's any reason why you can't immediately use it. Or that there's any further documentation needed before doing so.

Hi, thanks for that! Even if your first port of entry is France?

@linsaywv

Well... you don't have a French passport, so I guess you can enter with either. However, I suppose the Schengen zone checking might get confused (especially when ETIAS comes into force) if you enter on your non-EU passport.

My grandmother was born in Spain so I managed to get a fresh Spanish passport. I was going to go to Spain to try to get my DNI card. Should I use my Spanish passport to enter Spain or my Canadian passport?To use my passport for the very first time with there be a problem or do I need extra documentation. I also have a literal birth certificate. And I also have a letter from the consulate in Canada stating that I am a Spanish person with an address in Canada that is my residence. - @linsaywv

Always use your Spanish passport or your Canadian one will be stamped and you can only stay for 90 days.

And use the spanish one to leave. otherwise if the canadian one isnt stamped in you will be in trouble.

From memory if you have more than one citizenship you must by law use the passport supplied by the country to enter.

And the EU one trumps the canadian one in that respect.

Cant think of any reason not to use the spanish one for here and the canadian one to re-enter canada.

My grandmother was born in Spain so I managed to get a fresh Spanish passport. I was going to go to Spain to try to get my DNI card. Should I use my Spanish passport to enter Spain or my Canadian passport?
To use my passport for the very first time with there be a problem or do I need extra documentation.
I also have a literal birth certificate. And I also have a letter from the consulate in Canada stating that I am a Spanish person with an address in Canada that is my residence. - @linsaywv

Always use your Spanish passport or your Canadian one will be stamped and you can only stay for 90 days.

And use the spanish one to leave. otherwise if the canadian one isnt stamped in you will be in trouble.

From memory if you have more than one citizenship you must by law use the passport supplied by the country to enter.

Cant think of any reason not to use the spanish one for here and the canadian one to re-enter canada.

I dont think Spain allows dual citizenship with Canada. So always use your Spanish passport because you are a Spaniard in the eyes of the law from now on. You shouldn't surface your Canadian passport or citizenship anywhere, because if the govt notices that, they will have to take action.

The best would be to reduce your Canadian citizenship to a permanent resident (blue card or something similar if they have there) and live as a Spaniard from now on, now that you are a Spanish citizen.

I was told by the Spanish consulate that I MUST use my Spanish passport when entering/exiting any Schengen country. In the USA, citizens MUST use their USA passport. I assume that this is the same with Canada and other countries.

@unity100

Spain allows dual nationality with many countries and circumstances. I am a legal dual national (USA/Spain) following the "Ley 12/2015"

Just to clarify:聽 There is no such a thing as a聽 EU Passport聽 馃ぃ

The EU is NOT and was never called United States of Europe聽 馃槓 - right?

Each country in the EU is a sovereign state and citizenships are given by their sovereign individual countries and nowhere else.聽 Our grown up children have duel citizenships German/British because we as parents are British and German citizens.

When travelling to Germany or any other EU country they would use their GERMAN passport and NOT their British one - coz Britain is no longer a member of the EU.聽 Sadly, since Brexit聽 people travelling on a British passport face a lot of immigration/travelling聽 obstacles when entering EU countries 馃槪.聽 聽

So, when travelling to any EU country use the聽 passport that was issued by a EU Member State - I think this is quite logical - am I right ? 馃��

@Phil722

Those specific circumstances relate to those who had Spanish ancestry in the recent past etc. Absent those, they dont apply. I don't know if a grandmother is a close ancestor enough for that to be otherwise or not. A lawyer would need to respond to that.

However, in whatever case, Spain expects Spanish citizens to behave as Spanish citizens so pulling out another passport or citizenship whenever Spain or the Eu is involved is not a good idea.

Yes - Spain allows dual citizenship with many countries and under many circumstances. For example, citizens of most former Spanish colonies are also among those who can hold dual nationality. For those interested in exploring this topic further, there's an excellent paper on this subject available online:

When the exception becomes the rule: The Spanish citizenship regime

by Claudia Finotelli, Mariacaterina la Barbera