So what is the rule if you’ve gotten a new passport because your old one expired, but the visa that was on the old passport is still valid. Can you just carry it with you and still travel on it?
I know countless people who HAVE done this. But one official has said that we need to get a new visa. Just wondering what’s actually done.
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**as far as i know, you can travel on your new passport but carry your old one for visa purposes...you also have the option to have your visa transferred to your new passport for a nominal fee.
i think the easier way is to carry both passports. my uncle and aunt traveled with their both passports.**
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I just recently did that. My visa was valid but I had my passport renewed, and received my old passport back, and on the old passport they even cut off the corners of the first 2 pages and the front cover and stamped "Cancel" on it. I ended up paper clipping the two passports (when I got my new one) so that the page with the picture and other info in the new passport was open, and the page with the visa on the old passport were open. I travelled through another country meanwhile and at each customs spot they check if you have a valid visa to go to your destination. Once I reached my destination country, the customs there didn't really check the passport, just checked that my visa was valid.
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Just clip them togather - if they need to stamp you in and out - they will do that on new passport !
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Wasey to encounter this, thesedays most of the embassies only issue you the visa till the expiry date of your passport ...... Like if your yoke is getting expired in two years , chance of getting a fiver stamped is much slim ...
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So what is the rule if you've gotten a new passport because your old one expired, but the visa that was on the old passport is still valid. Can you just carry it with you and still travel on it?
I know countless people who HAVE done this. But one official has said that we need to get a new visa. Just wondering what's actually done.
Two options:
1- Cancel old passport and transfer your current visa on new passport
2- Ask concern authority to give cross-entries on both old and new passport instead of cancelling the old passport.
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you need to attach your expired passport along with new passport.
you can clip it, so immigration official can view both of them at once.
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You should be good to go. However, if this official is from the country that you have the visa for, I would seek a second opinion (for my own sanity).
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I had the same problem. And I called the country embassy that I was going too and they said I had to get a knew visa. Expiring of the passport negates the visa and so ... I would rather be safe than sorry. So I would recommend get the visa again.
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I had the same problem. And I called the country embassy that I was going too and they said I had to get a knew visa. Expiring of the passport negates the visa and so ... I would rather be safe than sorry. So I would recommend get the visa again.
I don't know which country's embassy you called, but that information is incorrect.
If you carry both passports, ie the expired one with the valid visa and the new one without any visa, you can always travel.
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I called the pakistani embassy and that is what they told me. I don't want to be turned away at the airport!
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I don't know which country's embassy you called, but that information is incorrect.
If you carry both passports, ie the expired one with the valid visa and the new one without any visa, you can always travel.
Now two different officials at the Pakistani embassy in DC have said that we need a new visa.
But it just doesn't make sense, given recent experience. I don't really want to pay the hundreds of dollars unless I absolutely have to.
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Whatever the rule maybe, I suggest that you put the new visa on your passport. You never know which hard headed dumb ass you come across at the immigration counter and after so many hours of journey, you really wont have patience to deal with some nut head if he said that no you cant enter the country. People back home love to give ex-desis (Desis who now have USA passport) hard time. I say that you spend some money now but avoid the possible confusion and frustration when you arrive there.
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Now two different officials at the Pakistani embassy in DC have said that we need a new visa.
I've never had that situation with a visa for Pakistan (since I hold a POC), but to my knowledge it is an international rule that visas remain valid even if the passport they are stamped on expires. Looks like Pakistan is flouting that rule though.
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^Hey, they make $100+ off of each new visa; why not?
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I've never had that situation with a visa for Pakistan (since I hold a POC), but to my knowledge it is an international rule that visas remain valid even if the passport they are stamped on expires. **Looks like Pakistan is flouting that rule though.
**EXACTLY! yes, i've traveled myself with visa on expired passport...you carry both [old N new] passport and you are OK. :)
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Umer and KKF -- do you have any links that state this rule?
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**it’s an established fact…i said that from my own experience from the experiences of others.
i looked up and i found this in a jiffy…i can’t spend more time looking so here is one such link:**
My old passport has already expired. My visa to travel to the United States is still valid but in my expired passport. Do I need to apply for a new visa with my new passport?
No. If your visa is still valid you can travel to the United States with your two passports, as long as the visa is valid, not damaged, and is the appropriate type of visa required for your principal purpose of travel. (Example: tourist visa, when your principal purpose of travel is tourism). Both passports (the valid and the expired one with the visa) should be from the same country and type (Example: both Uruguayan regular passports, both official passports, etc.). When you arrive at the United States port of entry (POE) the Customs and Border Protection Immigration Officer will check your visa in the old passport and if s/he decides to admit you into the United States they will stamp your new passport with an admission stamp along with the annotation "VIOPP" (visa in other passport). Do not try to remove the visa from your old passport and stick it into the new valid passport. If you do so, your visa will no longer be valid.
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^ Yeah. I found this too, but it is for travel to the US. I am traveling to Pakistan.
Based on the experience of family members this should not be an issue. But two different officials have disagreed, so now I'm concerned.