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Hi everyone!

I hope someone can help me out (this is my first post, sorry if this has already been answered elsewhere) - I have just received confirmation that the US embassy in London have my petition! I am in the process of completing the DS160 and have realised that I may need to renew my passport. The problem is that the petition that they have in London, as well as my police certificate, have my current passport no on and this will change with the renewal. Will this cause me problems at my interview, or if I put a different number on my DS160 application?

I'm wondering whether I should hold off with the renewal

Thanks!

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Hi everyone!

I hope someone can help me out (this is my first post, sorry if this has already been answered elsewhere) - I have just received confirmation that the US embassy in London have my petition! I am in the process of completing the DS160 and have realised that I may need to renew my passport. The problem is that the petition that they have in London, as well as my police certificate, have my current passport no on and this will change with the renewal. Will this cause me problems at my interview, or if I put a different number on my DS160 application?

I'm wondering whether I should hold off with the renewal

Thanks!

It will not be a problem at your interview in London. Other people have had to renew and had no issue at all. The embassy people almost acted like "so what?" when told about the new passport.

The embassy info says you need eight months remaining when you interview. Will you have that much?

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AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

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Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

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My foreign fiance is in a similar situation. We were told that our application has been approved and was just sent to the embassy in Albania. He just had to renew his passport due to a new law and so his passport number will be different on the DS160 than the I-129F. So there is no problem with that? Do we have to notify them of the change or can we just list the new passport number on the DS160 and leave no comment?

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My foreign fiance is in a similar situation. We were told that our application has been approved and was just sent to the embassy in Albania. He just had to renew his passport due to a new law and so his passport number will be different on the DS160 than the I-129F. So there is no problem with that? Do we have to notify them of the change or can we just list the new passport number on the DS160 and leave no comment?

I am familiar with a number of people going through London where it was a total non-issue. I can't speak for Albania. I tend to think they want to see your passport as photo ID and that it's good for travel so they can glue the visa inside, rather than needing an exact numeric match to your petition.

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

Posted

It will not be a problem at your interview in London. Other people have had to renew and had no issue at all. The embassy people almost acted like "so what?" when told about the new passport.

The embassy info says you need eight months remaining when you interview. Will you have that much?

Thank you so much for this! I think I'm going to go ahead and renew, my passport might *just* have enough time left when I have my interview but it's also not in the greatest shape and I want to avoid any unnecessary delays. Thank you for the reply :)

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Thank you so much for this! I think I'm going to go ahead and renew, my passport might *just* have enough time left when I have my interview but it's also not in the greatest shape and I want to avoid any unnecessary delays. Thank you for the reply :)

Not sure if you're on top of this already but you might want to consider renewing in person, same day, at a passport office. Costs more than mailing it, but its same day, and none of that worry when your passport goes missing in the mail and your interview is approaching.

A new passport will be no problem at the interview - they know passports expire and need renewing. You'll have your old cancelled one to show them too.

--- k1 visa ---
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I-129F sent: 12 Aug 2014
I-129F NOA1: 15 Aug 2014
I-129F NOA2: 2 Mar 2015 (199 days from NOA1) **No RFEs!**
NVC Received: 19 Mar 2015
Case#, IIN, BIN assigned: 19 Mar 2015
NVC Left: 20 Mar 2015
Consultate Received: 23 Mar 2015
Package 3 Received: 26 Mar 2015
Medical: 10 Apr 2015
Packet 3 Sent: 10 Apr 2015
Packet 4 Received: 23 Apr 2015
Interview Date: 8 May 2015 (Approved!!!)
Visa Issued: 14 May 2015
Visa in Hand: 19 May 2015
Entry to USA: 5 Jun 2015
Married: 21 Jun 2015

---Adjustment of Status---
Sent I-485, I-131 and I-765: 7 Jul 2015
NOA1 for I-485, I-131 and I-765: 14 Jul 2015
Email notification that I-765 was approved: 12 Sep 2015
Email notification that I-131 was approved: 15 Sep 2015
Email notification that EAD/AP combo card was mailed: 15 Sep 2015
EAD and AP combo card received: 18 Sep 2015
Green Card Received: 3 Dec 2015 [ :)] Previous letter stated interview requirement was likely to be waived

 

---Removal of Conditions---
Sent I-751: 13 Oct 2017
NOA1 for I-751: 23 Oct 2017

Biometrics: 20 Nov 2017
Approved: 20 Dec 2018

Green Card Received: 2 Jan 2019

 

-- Citizenship --
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NOA1 (Online): 22 Feb 2020
Biometrics: 10 Mar 2020

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