B1/B2 Visa - Valid Indefinitely

[KennMario 2]

Hello,

I recently started prepping paperwork to help my mom renew her tourist visa and noticed the old visa she has is a stamp on her old passport that reads:

 

"Mexican Border Crossing Identification Card and B1/B2 Nonimmigrant Visa"

ID: BEARER(S)

Valid indefinitely for multiple applications for admission to the United States as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure" 

 

this was given to her in 1988 and I have a couple questions:

 

- Is this still valid to use for travel to the US (bringing old expired passport with non-expired visa and new valid passport)

- Do we need to "renew" even though it has technically never expired?

- Are there any specific steps or forms to get this exact visa on her new passport?

 

Thank you for your help! 

 

 

 

 

[SalishSea 17,787]

3 minutes ago, KennMario said:

Hello,

I recently started prepping paperwork to help my mom renew her tourist visa and noticed the old visa she has is a stamp on her old passport that reads:

 

"Mexican Border Crossing Identification Card and B1/B2 Nonimmigrant Visa"

ID: BEARER(S)

Valid indefinitely for multiple applications for admission to the United States as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure" 

 

this was given to her in 1988 and I have a couple questions:

 

- Is this still valid to use for travel to the US (bringing old expired passport with non-expired visa and new valid passport)

- Do we need to "renew" even though it has technically never expired?

- Are there any specific steps or forms to get this exact visa on her new passport?

 

Thank you for your help! 

 

 

 

 

They no longer issue indefinite B visas, AFAIK.  If she is approved, they will affix the currently used B visa in her passport.

[Boiler 45,428]

This is a BCC, limited privileges even if it is still valid it would just allow her to cross the Border, 25 miles I think. I doubt it is also doubt anybody here will know.

 

So does she need a B or a BCC?

[KennMario 2]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

This is a BCC, limited privileges even if it is still valid it would just allow her to cross the Border, 25 miles I think. I doubt it is also doubt anybody here will know.

 

So does she need a B or a BCC?

Oh I didn't know that! Good to know, She'd need a B then if she wants to visit Los Angeles or anywhere else away from the border right? (We're planning to process a tourist visa soon, then I saw that she had that visa stamp from the 80s and decided to investigate what it meant or how to proceed with it) 

I really appreciate your reply.

[JeanneAdil 6,483]

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

 

under the title indefinite visas open the drop down box and read the following

 

Indefinite validity visas (Burroughs Visas) are tourist/business visas manually stamped into a traveler’s passport which were valid for ten years. Effective April 1, 2004, all indefinite validity Burroughs visas became void. Therefore, if you have an indefinite validity visa you must apply for a new visa for travel to the U.S.

[Loren Y 2,755]

All the info is correct , and you are right also, if you have a valid visa for another country in an older passport, you carry both with you. My 10 Year China visa was put in my US passport with only about 6 years validity left, so I still have a few years I can use the old passport if necessary, along with my current US passport.