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Entering the US he, or anybody, would use their regular passport which is fine since the US doesn't stamp your PP when you get back home.


That is news to me. My passport always gets stamped when I get back home.

Your's isn't?


Nope, as a US citizen returning to the US literally hundreds of times, I've never had a stamp put in it by an official of the USA.


That is weird. They always put a stamp in mine. Hm, now that I think of it, I _think_ it is always, maybe I don't notice it if they don't?

Some googling showed a discussion on Flyertalk on this topic: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/usa/1117812-passport-stamps-when-entering-us.html

Looks like this is done inconsistently, some IBP officers stamp, others don't. And some of the people on that forum are disappointed if they don't get a stamp, they want it as souvenir or for tax reasons or whatever. As for me, I don't want stamps; if anything it mildly irks me since the passport fills up. I thought it was bothersome but that's the way it was.

Next time I will ask the officer what is going on.