Passport enquiry

[balearic]

Hi my passsport expires next May but I am travelling to the states and will be having a visa stamp put into my old passport so what happens when i renew it, does the stamp get transferred into my new passport?

[theshedman]

Hi, when I had a multiple US entry visa in my old passport the passport office stapled the 2 passports together when I renewed it. It had to be done though before the first one ran out.

[Buenchico]

Question:
"My passport containing a valid visa has expired. I've obtained a new passport; do I need a new visa?"

Answer:
"If the passport in which your visa has been endorsed has expired, the visa in the old passport still can be used, provided that you also carry a valid passport of the same nationality. Note: If, when canceling your old passport, the passport authority has clipped the corners of the passport, and, in so doing, has damaged the visa in any way, that visa is no longer valid and cannot be used for travel to the United States"

Source:
http://london.usembassy.gov/faq-visa-gen.html

[spudqueen]

When are you travelling to the States? Do you need a visa or can you apply for an ESTA? http://london.usembas...ew/visa/niv/esta.html

If you're not going to the States for a while and can apply for an ESTA rather than a visa then I would recommend that you renew your passport first, as you can do this at any time, but if there are less than 9 months left on your old passport then the remaining time is added to your new passport eg if you got a new passport in October then it would be valid for 10 years and 7 months.

If you can't apply for an ESTA then I hope that you're fairly along the line of applying for a visa as it can take up to a year.