Renewing a passport with a US tourist visa.. Casablanca Morocco

[Tarik 11]

Hello everybody. 

I'm hoping to here from poeple who got a visa from Morocco. 

My mother got approved for a 1p years tourist visa back in 2019. Her passport is expiring and she was wondering if the visa gets transfered to the new passport or will she have to keep the old one and travel with both passports. 

[arken 4,197]

4 minutes ago, Tarik said:

keep the old one and travel with both passports.

This.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

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. 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.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/about-basics.html

 

Edited August 5, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[BasmaHicham 34]

17 hours ago, Tarik said:

Hello everybody. 

I'm hoping to here from poeple who got a visa from Morocco. 

My mother got approved for a 1p years tourist visa back in 2019. Her passport is expiring and she was wondering if the visa gets transfered to the new passport or will she have to keep the old one and travel with both passports. 

My mother in law was in the same sitution. she kept both passport with no problem traveling to the US.