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SHONAMONA   1

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My wife is USC,she applied i130 as a spouse on 2 April ,still waiting for approval ,my question is that my passport will expire on 30 march 2013,should i go for renewal or wait for interview .What US laws says about this .Me from Pakistan .

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what about my old passport as i send copies of old passport ,when i will appear for interview in embassy ,i will have 2 passports.Do u think that new passport will not create any problem for me .Plz help me

you should go and get your new passport ASAP. I had this same problem. If your case is still in USCIS, you can send new passport copy to them, if its in NVC then send new copy to NVC and If its already completed and you are waiting for your interview, just take it to interview as you wont get visa as your passport will expire in less than six months.

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USCIS / CSC:

27/02/2012: Sent I-130 to Chicago Lockbox

03/01/2012: NOA1

06/18/2012: NOA2 in email

06/23/2012: NOA2 in hand

NVC:

07/09/2012: NVC received

07/26/2012: Case number/IIN - wrong embassy..grrrr

07/26/2012: DS-3032 sent (Emailed)

07/30/2012: New Case number

07/30/2012: AOS bill

07/31/2012: AOS bill shows PAID

08/01/2012: AOS package sent

08/02/2012: AOS package delivered

08/02/2012: DS-3032 accepted

08/03/2012: IV bill

08/06/2012: IV bill shows PAID

08/06/2012: IV package sent0

8/07/2012: IV package delivered

08/14/2012: Case complete

09/14/2012: Interview scheduled

US Embassy Abu Dhabi:

09/15/2012: Medical

10/02/2012: Interview *Result: AP*

12/31/2013: Visa in hand

03/19/2014: ELIS fee paid

03/20/2014: POE ABU DHABI / Chicago

IN USA:

04/03/2014: SSN applied

04/08/2014: SSN received

05/21/2014: Welcome letter received

05/22/2014: 10 years GC arrived in mail

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london92   6

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Hi You should get a new passport . No you don't have to worry about having 2 passports. Because millions of people have more than one passports. As long as you can tell them that you renewed your passport ahead of time because it was less than six months left then your all Good. :-)

And another thing is that you can't renew your passport if it has more than 6 months left so wait a bit and then renew it.

The new passport will have your old passport number printed on it as well.

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SHONAMONA   1

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Thanks to all for response .USCIS approved my case on 17SEP so now in NVC.Expected date of my interview will be in NOVEMBER or DECEMBER,so you guys suggest me to renew my passport after OCTOBER and should send copy of new passport to NVC.

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SHONAMONA   1

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My wife is USC,she applied i130 as a spouse on 2 April ,my case approved and case no assigned by NVC .My question is that my passport will expire on 30 march 2013,should i go for renewal or wait for interview.Problem is that i have sent copies of this passport and when i will renew my passport they might cancel my old 1 and then i will have 2 passport .What US laws says about this .Me from Pakistan .

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Penguin_ie   5,993

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A passport should be valid for 6 months from interview date (as your visa will be valid for that long, usually) so yes, apply for a new one.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Means there will b no problem or no need to send copies of new passport to NVC.Just go for interview with both passports that will be valid?

They will will the new passport.

Petitioner LPR upgraded to USC June 22, 2012
August 22, 2012: case complete
October 18, 2012: Interview (APPROVED)
October 26, 2012: Picked up visa from DHL (delay caused by Sandy)
December 15, 2012: POE Atlanta....................became USC July 2016!!!!

Mothers' Journey (My sister is the petitioner)

September 10, 2013: Sent I-130 (UPS next day service)

September 12, 2013: Received text to confirm delivery

September 16, 2013: Received NOA 1

March 22, 2014: Received NOA 2

April 8, 2014: File Received by NVC

May 26, 2015: Interview (approved)..........now LPR (delays caused by 2 RFE)

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