Renewing Passport Abroad

Re: Renewing Passport Abroad

• bail229

  August 2011

  When I got my new passport and my Aussie visa was still in the old one they just told me to carry the old one with me when I was traveling, so I was carrying two passports with me. Then going through customs one time the customs guy said, "oh, you know I can just link both of your passports so you won't have to carry two?" and 20 seconds later it was done! There were no dramas at all!

  

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• Publius member

  August 2011

  H renewed his several months ago in CH. He was told to carry both the cancel passport with the visa in it and his new passport when traveling to the countries for which he had the visas. Because I'm paranoid I had him call the embassies of those countries to make sure they'd accept a visa that is in an expired passport. At least with regard to those countries, canceling a passport does not cancel the visa inside. ETA: Sorry, to answer your actual question, no. The US embassy in Switzerland does not do that.

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• PittPurple member

  

  August 2011

  DH had to carry two passports for a while and we renewed in the UK. It took almost no time but had had two passports for over a year.

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• ILikePineapples member

  

  August 2011

  I carried two passports all over the place with no problems.

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• wise_rita

  August 2011

  Thanks for the replies. 

  For those who've done it, so did the page containing your visa get hole punched? 

  

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• Publius member

  August 2011

  wise_rita:

  Thanks for the replies. 

  For those who've done it, so did the page containing your visa get hole punched? 

  Yeah, everything got hole punched.  However, since the US didn't issue the visas, the US doesn't have the power to cancel them.  KWIM, it's up to that specific country if they recognize the visa as being cancelled or not.  I haven't come across a country that considers a visa in a cancelled passport to be cancelled, but you should still check anyway.

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• xnickerx

  August 2011

  Publius:

  wise_rita:

  Thanks for the replies. 

  For those who've done it, so did the page containing your visa get hole punched? 

  Yeah, everything got hole punched.  However, since the US didn't issue the visas, the US doesn't have the power to cancel them.  KWIM, it's up to that specific country if they recognize the visa as being cancelled or not.  I haven't come across a country that considers a visa in a cancelled passport to be cancelled, but you should still check anyway.

  This exactly. Mine got hole punched right through as well, but my Visa was still good. 
  

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