It often happens that before your visa gets expired,
the passport expires or gets cancelled by the owner due to temporary
misplacement. Now, in these situations, it would always be advisable not to
move the visa from one passport to another, irrespective from which country it
has been issued. To use the visa, you have to get a new passport, besides
carrying the old one. However, you don’t require applying for a new visa, if
the original one is still valid.
Norms
of Applying a New Passport
First of all, you need to apply for a new passport. One
thing should be kept in mind that the country should be the same in terms of
both the new and the old passport and the visa should also be of the same
place. For example, if the expired passport is of Brazil and so is the valid
visa then the new passport should also be of the same country.
Documents Required
You need to carry both the passport- the cancelled
one and the new one along with the visa when travelling. Both the documents are
required to board the flight and travel to a foreign land. An easy way to carry
both these documents is to use a rubber band or staple.
VIOPP
Stamp in United States
When you arrive at the airport, hand both the passports
to the Customs and Border Patrol
Immigration Officer. For instance, if you
are travelling in United States with both a valid and cancelled passport along with
a valid U.S. visa, the customs agent will put a stamp on your new passport with
the letters VIOPP, which means “Visa in Other Passport”.
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