Crg14624

    > "crg14624" <member20421@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:34$246688$1586380$...
    > > "[quote=J. J. Farrell]I'm surprised to hear this - many US visas have had
    > photos
    > > for many years. Fingerprints are new."
    > > ---The fingerprints aren't on the visa. They are part of the US VISIT
    > program.
    >
    > What about the requirement of Section 303 of the Enhanced Border Security
    > and Visa Entry Reform Act (Pub. L. 107-173, 116 Stat. 543) that US visas
    > issued after October 26, 2004, include biometric identifiers? This was the
    > stated reason for the discontinuance of the service for revalidating visas
    > within the USA. Many US Consulates are already including biometric versions
    > of the applicant's fingerprints in the visa. Yes, this is part of US VISIT.
    >
    > > "I'm not sure of this. I believe you should be allowed to enter, but
    > > will only be admitted until the expiry of your passport. With this
    > > short a period, they might choose not to admit you at all. Whatever
    > > the actual regulations are, this situation is likely to lead to hassle
    > > at the Port of Entry."
    > > ---This would be true for a B, H, L, E, R visa, but not for an F or a J.
    > > They will not be admitted for a short period of time. They will be
    > > admitted D/S. Part of the status is contingent on the alien maintaining
    > > a valid passport. If her passport is valid at the time of entry, they
    > > will admit her D/S and tell her to get her passport renewed before it
    > > is expired.
    >
    > As I said, I wasn't sure - thanks for the correction. I stand by the
    > assertion that any even slightly unusual situation is likely to lead to
    > hassle of some sort at the Port of Entry.
    >
    > > "One possibility is that they will admit you this time but cancel your
    > > visa, requiring you to get a new one before the next time you try to
    > > enter the USA."
    > > ---They will not cancel the visa in this situation.
    >
    > Wild guess, shouldn't have made it. I now can't even see the logic that
    > led to it.
    >
    > > They will also not cancel someone's visa and admit them at the same
    > > time unless it is one of the old "INDEFINITE" visa stamps which were
    > > changed to 10 years plus one visit.
    >
    > I know of cases where they've cancelled Green Cards in this way, and
    > I've a vague memory of hearing of others, which is probably false.

They've been known to clip the corner from an old I-151 green card (which was blue with green stripes over the photo I think) but the person still got in. Maybe that's what you were thinking of.