Temporary passport

[ellla 0]

Did anybody go to the AOS interview with temporary passport? My passport expired and I applied for a new one in the Polish consulate in May. The wait for a new passport is 6-8 months and they issued a 1-year temporary passport valid until I get my regular one. I had to give them my old passport (with my visa and stamps) with the application and I will get it back with my new passport. I am pretty sure that I won’t have it for my interview so I won’t be able to show original visa and entry stamp.

I made color copies, is that enough?

Anybody with similar experience, please reply! Any help would be much appreciated.

[Stillness 0]

I would say that the current temporary passport and copies of the previous passport with stamps should be fine. I myself had to get a new passport before my interview, it arrived a week before my interview even! So of course it had no stamps or anything in it, and they didn't even ask to see any copies of my old passport, though I had them on hand.

I'd just explain to them that you had to surrender the passport with the stamps in order to apply for the new passport, and that they gave you a temporary passport in the meantime. Have the copies of the old passport with stamps on hand if they want to see them, I would think you should be fine.

[ellla 0]

Thank you so much! You made me feel better

[Stillness 0]

Nothing I say should be taken as sound legal advice of course, I am mostly just passing along what my lawyer told me, and my experience. Interviewers seem to vary quite a bit from place to place and person to person, but I'm glad I made you feel a little better at least, the whole process is stressful enough as it is.

For myself, I was advised that an expired passport would be a not so great thing, hence my rush to get a new one. Our lawyer seemed a little uncertain if they would even accept an expired passport, which is why I risked getting a new one so soon before our interview. We were also caught off guard at how quickly we got an interview, we were not expecting it for a few months. It was a semi-panic moment as we were afraid that it might not be processed in time and I would be stuck with only copies of my old passport for the interview.

Our lawyer told me to carry copies of my old passport just in case they wanted to see the passport I entered the country on, even though it turned out to be unnecessary in my case. I think the interviewers should be reasonable, maintaining a current passport is important, and generally you do have to send in your old passport when applying for a new one. Processing times for passports can sometimes be very long, and it is difficult to predict when you might get your interview.

So long as you have copies of the old passport and all your other papers in order you should be ok. Just relax and answer any questions they might ask honestly.

[ellla 0]

I have one more question: do you have to show copies of every page of your old passport or just pages with your visa and entry stamp?

Thank you for your help

Edited June 11, 2008 by ellla

[Stillness 0]

I have one more question: do you have to show copies of every page of your old passport or just pages with your visa and entry stamp?

Thank you for your help

I would just show copies of the main pages with your picture and information, and the pages with your visas and stamps.

[payxibka 10,048]

Did anybody go to the AOS interview with temporary passport? My passport expired and I applied for a new one in the Polish consulate in May. The wait for a new passport is 6-8 months and they issued a 1-year temporary passport valid until I get my regular one. I had to give them my old passport (with my visa and stamps) with the application and I will get it back with my new passport. I am pretty sure that I won’t have it for my interview so I won’t be able to show original visa and entry stamp.

I made color copies, is that enough?

Anybody with similar experience, please reply! Any help would be much appreciated.

A passport is not required for an AOS interview.... All you need is a government issued ID which could be a passport or a state issued DL...

[ellla 0]

Thank you guys!