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Can US visas be issued without a passport?

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I came across this article a few years ago.  In it, it is mentioned that since the beneficiary was unable to obtain a passport from his native country, he was issued the visa on a special piece of paper.  Out of curiosity, is this a one-off case, or do the INA/CBP rules have an obscure clause that allows this?

 

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This is very interesting. I always thought passports were mandatory for visas to be issued. But it makes sense since he's a refugee from a failed state. How odd it must have been to present just the visa sticker to the airline and CBP!

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19 hours ago, pm5k said:

is this a one-off case, or do the INA/CBP rules have an obscure clause that allows this?

 

While those cases are certainly rare, they are covered in the Department of State's Foreign Affairs Manual under -- https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM020102.html

  • 9 FAM 201.2-4  Immigrant Travel Without a Passport
  • 9 FAM 201.2-5  Processing Individual Immigrant Passport Waiver Requests

 

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