The Short:
I'm stuck in a bureaucratic loophole that has trapped me in Country X (of which I'm a citizen of) for the foreseeable year. I NEED to get back to the US within the month and the legal process that will allow me travel again will take at least 4-6months; time that I cannot afford to spend. I think I've figured out a way to escape it. I need to fake an Entry stamp.
Anyone out there can point me in the right direction concerning information or advice? Are there any other options i.e. would renewing my US passport work as some people have suggested to me? Some people have even suggested as far as jumping the border to a neighboring country and fly to the US from there. Would that work?
Notes:
1) I was born and raised in the US.
2) I'm only a citizen of Country X because my father was born and raised there. I could turn down the citizenship but that legal process takes at least 3 months.
3) Country X is a third-world country. Let's not compare it's airport security with that of the United States or Europe.
4) I need to fake JUST THE STAMP...not the VISA.
Options Considered:
1) Fake entry stamp ONLY, NOT visa sticker
2) Renew US passport
3) Jump border to neighboring country and fly from there
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The Long:
I'm a dual citizen. Which means that I carry two citizenships: One American, the other I'll call X. I was born and raised in the US. When I came to Country X, I stayed for 6+ months to make some easy money teaching English. Given my financial situation in the US, I decided to come to Country X to make some cash I could actually keep in my pocket without having to spend the majority of it on living expenses. Country X's living expenses are very little and affordable.
Anyways, when it was finally time for me to come home, I got sent from the customs window to the security office where they told me that because I have overstayed the 6 month period, I needed a certificate from the Military Offices of Country X that states that I'm not eligible for conscription (forced military duty) and, therefore, have a right to travel.
I calmly explained to them that EVEN IF I WANTED to join their ranks in their military, they wouldn't allow me because my birth certificate states that I was born in the United States. Therefore, "please, just let the legality slide because you and I both know that I'll end up being able to travel anyway". Being the hard heads that they are (Country X's population consists solely of hard heads), they told me that that was the rules and that that's what was needed for me to travel.
I decided to go ahead with it on the basis/assumption that the process would take 1 month max. Fast forward 4-5months later and I've come to find out that my papers have to go through ANOTHER process that could take another 4 months to a year. FUCK THAT!!!
Now that I've explained my situation, here's what I'm looking for:
When I was at the customs window, the "kind" lady flipped through the pages of my US passport to look for an Arrival stamp that was within the 6 month period. Even after flipping to no avail, she hovered her stamp over my passport ready to stamp it. She ALMOST did until a second thought came to her and she directed me to the security office.
My guess is that if she had found that arrival stamp, I would've already been on my way home. But she didn't. So I'm thinking, to escape this bureaucratic nightmare of loophole, why not forge a fake arrival stamp within the 6 month period?
Is this possible and would it work? Are there any other options besides faking an entry stamp? Someone mentioned to me that if I just renew my US passport, the customs patrol would have to take my word for it that I've been here for less than 6 months. Plus, there would be nothing on my US passport that would indicate me being a citizen of Country X (my current US passport does). Keep in mind that Country X has been through some political turmoil so its citizen aren't running things "by the book". What I'm trying to say is....don't estimate Country X's Customs as you would the United States or Europe. Country X is a third-world country.
Would jumping the border to a neighboring country and then flying from there work? Basically I just need to get the hell out of here....
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