Mrloofer

Hi All,

My UK passport expires end of May. I am on a H1B visa which is
valid until sometime in 2006. However, the visa in the passport has
never been renewed (still has old date of 2003). I am aware this is not
an issue since my I-94 is valid. However, since I am about to send my
passport to Washington along with the C1 form and unbelieveable payment
for about $150, I need to know how to get my new visa entered back into
my new passport. I called Washington, but they say the computer is down
until at least tomorrow.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Crg14624

Originally posted by mrloofer
    > Hi All,
    >
    > My UK
passport expires end of May. I am on a H1B visa which is valid until
sometime in 2006. However, the visa in the passport has never been
renewed (still has old date of 2003). I am aware this is not an issue
since my I-94 is valid. However, since I am about to send my passport to
Washington along with the C1 form and unbelieveable payment for about
$150, I need to know how to get my new visa entered back into my new
passport. I called Washington, but they say the computer is down until
at least tomorrow.
    >
    > Any ideas?
    >
    > Thanks!
A passport is
defined under US immigration law as a document, or a collection of
documents. You can carry multiple passports. It's not uncommon for
someone to have their valid visa in an old expired passport, and also
carry a valid passport. A passport is defined under US immigration law
as a document, or a collection of documents.

Mrloofer

Originally posted by crg14624
    > A passport is defined
under US immigration law as a document, or a collection of documents.
You can carry multiple passports. It's not uncommon for someone to have
their valid visa in an old expired passport, and also carry a valid
passport. A passport is defined under US immigration law as a document,
or a collection of documents.

OK. but my visa isn't valid. My
I-94 is valid but I never got the visa renewed in my passport when my
H1B was extended.

Crg14624

Originally posted by mrloofer
    > OK. but my visa isn't
valid. My I-94 is valid but I never got the visa renewed in my passport
when my H1B was extended.

So what are your travel plans?
You'll need the new visa to get back in from a trip over 30 days, or a
trip outside of the contiguous or adjacent territory around the U.S.


Have you made arrangements to get a new visa stamp yet?

Mrloofer

Originally posted by crg14624
    > So what are your travel
plans? You'll need the new visa to get back in from a trip over 30
days, or a trip outside of the contiguous or adjacent territory around
the U.S.
    >
    > Have you made arrangements to get a new visa stamp yet?


Ah I see your point. I can can just get a new passport and
put the new visa in it when by I-94 is returned. I have another post in
this forum about that, which is now what the problem is. I can get a new
passport that's understandable, but I can't leave the country until my
I-94 comes back from the INS.

Crg14624

Originally posted by mrloofer
    > Ah I see your point. I
can can just get a new passport and put the new visa in it when by I-94
is returned. I have another post in this forum about that, which is now
what the problem is. I can get a new passport that's understandable, but
I can't leave the country until my I-94 comes back from the INS.


If you get a new visa in your new passport, then they'll give
you a new I-94 upon your return to the United States.