Two Passports with Differing Name Order - will I have issues?

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You might have problems, but you shouldn't. The fact that your name appears differently on your different documents does not imply that you are a different person. Even if you have a ticket to the EU with your US name order, your EU passport still shows that you are an EU citizen. Legally speaking, this is clear.

It is somewhat less clear whether airlines will be able to handle this. I'm personally anticipating a large number of questions relating to advance passenger information systems that haven't been programmed to take into account legitimate situations such as the one you're asking about. For example, some people flying to the US with VWP-eligible passports who don't have ESTA (because they have a visa) have reported difficulties. But it's impossible to predict this sort of thing, and different airlines will implement the new requirement differently, so it may depend on your choice of carrier.

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