Biometric (ePassport) versus regular passport for K1 visa

[Yulia+Victor 0]

The beneficiary's current passport is about to expire and needs to be renewed. An ePassport is going to take a lot longer to receive while a regular passport (without an electronic chip in it) can be prepared in a couple of weeks and,therefore, is a preferred option for us. Do the embassies care which passport they have to place a visa into? The interview will eventually be in Moscow. Also, could there be any other problems with an old-style passport during immigration into the US? Thanks to everyone who can answer and help us with this!

[nadya_mb20 1]

Hi. You won't be having issues whether you have the new and old passport. All they just require is that it should be unexpired and has enough blank pages.

[Yulia+Victor 0]

Thank you. That is what we thought, but just wanted to check just to make sure.