Renewal of passport after having filed I-129F?

[Anthony and Becky 6]

Hello,

We filed our I-129F in December of 2014. The beneficiary's passport was going to expire in March of 2016 so it will need to be renewed soon. Considering that the I-129F contained the passport number and that the renewed passport will have a different number, what should we do? Is applying for a new passport going to throw a wrench into our K1 process? We received the NOA2 last week.

Thanks!

[TBoneTX 45,291]

You might be able to bring the new passport to the visa interview, with your plausible explanation. At any rate, it's good for the beneficiary to have as fresh a passport as possible before leaving the home country.

When you arrange the visa interview, try to make the new-passport information known in advance, as a heads-up courtesy. Of course, bring the expiring one to the interview.

Will defer to others here with better proposals.

Edited July 8, 2015 by TBoneTX

[Darnell 8,478]

i think visa interview in october, visa issued november,

so with that forecasting in mind,

can you plan ahead about renewing it

after filing AOS set with the AP and EAD forms? IMO, can get into canada with the AP thingie circa February, renew passport, return to USA.

Or forget getting into canada, renew the Canada passport from inside of the USA.

[NikLR 13,227]

OP can you fix your timeline to correctly reflect the consulate and country?

Since a passport can be expedited via payment at a passport office (vs service Canada office) then yes, new can be obtained before the interview. It's not needed, nor is an expedite needed either though given the passport will likely expire well beyond the 6 month rule. Tis cheaper to renew within Canada but if a name change is sought, the passport will reflect the old surname and all international travel should be booked with passport name.

[NikLR 13,227]

Keep in mind, however, if a name change is sought after marriage the passport cannot be renewed simply but a new one applied for in married name. If the Canadian beneficiary has no wish to change surnames then diregard anything about name changing. Lol

[Anthony and Becky 6]

Hi, I've fixed the timeline. The consulate is Montréal, Canada.

There will be no name change for the Canadian passport - I'm the groom.

So basically, just go ahead and request a new passport? It won't be a problem that the number on the new passport will be different from the one that was indicated in the I-129F?

Anthony

[Darnell 8,478]

'different number'

depends on

where you are

what transpired prior

and what's attached to the passport

and where you are in the AOS timeline.

sorry.

[Anthony and Becky 6]

I don't understand what you mean. If I look at my previous passport (compared to my current passport that expires in March) the passport number is different, so I'm assuming that the number of my new one (once I get it renewed) will also be different?

Where we are in the AOS timeline: Just received the NOA2 and according to USCIS, the package was sent to NVC on July 1st.

[Darnell 8,478]

no, that's the k-1 visa timeline.

AOS timeline starts after marriage.

I am asking you to pull out a calendar,

and figure out exactly in the calendar where this stuff is going to affect you.

points to consider:

1. must travel on passport with k-1 visa foil glued inside it

2. cannot travel back to canada unless and until you have either AP or a greencard after filing the AOS set. Minimum 3 months after filing.

3. the passport expiration date is a 'hard date' - there is no movement on it at all.

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

We had an expired passport (started I-129 with it ) and a new one, 2 different numbers, no issues. Bring both to the interview with pages copied.

[NikLR 13,227]

There isn't an issue as long as you have the new and the old passport at interview. Go ahead and renew.

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, i forgot one thing.

if you chase a new passport now, and get it prior to filling out the DS-160,

just put the new # into the DS-160 form.

[Elizabeth+Fred 35]

Hello,

We filed our I-129F in December of 2014. The beneficiary's passport was going to expire in March of 2016 so it will need to be renewed soon. Considering that the I-129F contained the passport number and that the renewed passport will have a different number, what should we do? Is applying for a new passport going to throw a wrench into our K1 process? We received the NOA2 last week.

Thanks

I filed in June 2014, and then noticed my passport would expire by Aug 2015. So, requested a new one (10 year

validity), and, just to make sure, asked the clerk if they could put a note in the new passport that it was to replace

the old one with number XXXX. They did, the first "visa" page of the new passport contains the message "This

passport replaces previously issued passport with number XXXX" and has the usual stamps etc.

I then brought both passports to the interview, giving them only the new one, and telling the guy I did have the old

one with me as well. He saw that first page with the message, checked the number on his system, and was happy

with just the new one.

At the POE, only the new one was used.

I still keep my old one, just in case, but that first-page-message seems to have made them all happy,..

Good luck!