N-400 Interview: Lost My Old Passport with US Visa on it

[roseberry 5]

Hi. So my naturalization interview is scheduled for next month and I was preparing by gathering all required documents as per the interview notice but I cannot for the life of me find my old US passport that has the visa on it that I originally entered the US with. I have old black and white copies of every page from that passport on an external hard drive but I'm really worried that the officer will insist that I needed to bring the original. Has it been other people's experience that officers asked to see the original entry visa?

Note: I have another old passport that has the stamp of entry with the date and type of visa, but not the visa itself. I also do not have my I-94 because it was not stapled to my passport and fell out and got lost at some point, but that was not a hinderance to getting my green card because I had a copy of it.
 

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

You can't bring what you don't have.  Just bring what you have.  It will not be an issue.  Good luck.

[randomstairs 303]

Won't be a problem. Explain as you did here in the unlikely case they even ask you.

[Loren Y 2,755]

Never asked for my wifes Visa in her passport at Naturalization interview, didn't ask for much of anything really. Bring what you have as other have said, and you will be fine. You have made it this far, and I found the N400 part out of all the other petitions I did was the smoothest and easiest process of all of them.

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

cannot for the life of me find my old US passport 

 

if u have a US passport,  why do u need to do N400?

[Mike E 11,739]

7 hours ago, roseberry said:

find my old US passport

Yeah that is a big issue

 

Unless you can show you renounced U.S. citizenship or had it revoked, you are not eligible for N-400.

That is, unless you are American Samoan. 

 

Edited July 3, 2023 by Mike E

[M+K IL 102]

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Yeah that is a big issue

 

Unless you can show you renounced U.S. citizenship or had it revoked, you are not eligible for N-400.

That is, unless you are American Samoan. 

 

I was wondering about that, but the topic says 'old passport with US visa' so I assume typo

[Bob in Boston 701]

If you made it to the interview concentrate on the civics test and English. My wife had none of that stuff and Officer did not waste his time on ancient history and never asked. They know all about you. Bring what you have and if asked for the original be honest with them and you will be ok. Like I said they know all about you by now.

[African Zealot 1,455]

I am yet to see a US passport with US visa in it 😜.

[Mike E 11,739]

17 minutes ago, African Zealot said:

I am yet to see a US passport with US visa in it 😜.

Me neither, and yet given American Samoans have no legal right to enter the rest of the U.S., I cannot say for certain it is impossible.

[roseberry 5]

On 7/2/2023 at 2:50 PM, JeanneAdil said:

cannot for the life of me find my old US passport 

 

if u have a US passport,  why do u need to do N400?

It's not a US passport. It's the foreign passport from my country of origin and it has the visa that I used to enter the US 21 years ago. The naturalization interview letter says to bring original documents that were used to enter the US, so the visa that I entered the US with would be such a document.

[roseberry 5]

On 7/2/2023 at 10:30 AM, roseberry said:

Hi. So my naturalization interview is scheduled for next month and I was preparing by gathering all required documents as per the interview notice but I cannot for the life of me find my old US passport that has the visa on it that I originally entered the US with. I have old black and white copies of every page from that passport on an external hard drive but I'm really worried that the officer will insist that I needed to bring the original. Has it been other people's experience that officers asked to see the original entry visa?

Note: I have another old passport that has the stamp of entry with the date and type of visa, but not the visa itself. I also do not have my I-94 because it was not stapled to my passport and fell out and got lost at some point, but that was not a hinderance to getting my green card because I had a copy of it.
 

No idea how to edit my original post but I want to apologize for the misunderstanding because I accidentally typed that I lost my US passport. I don't have a US passport. The passport that I lost is the foreign passport that had the US visa on it which I used to enter the US.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

I couldn't find my old passport since I've moved twice in the past year and things go missing. Wasn't an issue 🙂. They only wanted to see my current UK passport, my drivers license and my green card. I had brought my tax return transcripts and original divorce decree too and even mentioned I had them but she didn't ask to see them.

[M+K IL 102]

My wife brought all her passports, but the IO also only wanted to see the latest - which has never been used to leave and reenter as we renewed at a consulate within the US

[Chancy 6,241]

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