DAMAGED PASSPORT WITH VALID K1 VISA

[Carla Sepe 0]

Hi!

can someone help me on this case.

My passport has been damaged recently by a passport control officer when i visited ( just my luck i know! )

but there are no cuts or smudge whatever in the visa sticker. it's just that the full set of pages was removed from the card board of the passport.

i dunno what to do i don't wanna have a renewal as of the moment until i know that my visa will still be valid even if i have a new passport.

the embassy of america here in abu dhabi is so had to reach

please can someone help me? my visa will expire this July and they said that passport renewal will take about 6-8 weeks

[Merrytooth 5,748]

You still have to get a new passport anyway, since you can't travel on a damaged passport with missing pages.

The customs officer could think that you're trying to hide your travel history by ripping out pages from your passport

[Merrytooth 5,748]

And this might help you:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/frequently-asked-questions/about-visas-the-basics.html

My old passport has already expired. My visa to travel to the United States is still valid but in my expired passport. Do I need to apply for a new visa with my new passport?

No. If your visa is still valid you can travel to the United States with your two passports, as long as the visa is valid, not damaged, and is the appropriate type of visa required for your principal purpose of travel. (Example: tourist visa, when your principal purpose of travel is tourism). Both passports (the valid and the expired one with the visa) should be from the same country and type (Example: both Uruguayan regular passports, both official passports, etc.). When you arrive at the U.S. port-of-entry (POE, generally an airport or land border) the Customs and Border Protection Immigration Officer will check your visa in the old passport and if s/he decides to admit you into the United States they will stamp your new passport with an admission stamp along with the annotation "VIOPP" (visa in other passport). Do not try to remove the visa from your old passport and stick it into the new valid passport. If you do so, your visa will no longer be valid.

[sweet cakes 326]

In addition to Merrytooth's advice, maybe best for you to contact your US embassy, as there might be a different scenario for K1s. Just in case.