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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Lebanon
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Hi, I have been looking for a definite answer regarding my passport. I will be getting my visa soon hopefully and my passport is valid for 4 months after that. My question is can I travel with an immigrant visa and passport valid for 4 months? Please I need to know. Any reply is appreciated. 

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14 hours ago, Dee elle said:

Your visa will be valid for 6 months so you need to ensure that your passport is valid past that date. Renew it before the interview to avoid any issues. It is also so much easier to renew it while in your home country than when you reside in the US 

Absolutely correct.  The passport must be valid for at least six months past the interview date.  However, a passport need not be valid past "a" visa's expiration date.  In the case of an immigrant visa the six month validity of the visa matches the minimum required passport validity.  They'll put a visa with a ten year validity in a passport with six months validity too, but then to use that visa, one travels with both the old and new passports.  ;)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Lebanon
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Thank you. I have already applied for a new passport but unfortunately since I have a special case my passport takes so long time to get issued. However, it's a bit complicated. I appreciate your help. 👍

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Lebanon
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Extend your passport and don't apply for a new one because that will change your passport number. In Lebanon you can extend it for 5 years, do that.

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On 8/24/2017 at 2:09 AM, Deagle said:

Extend your passport and don't apply for a new one because that will change your passport number. In Lebanon you can extend it for 5 years, do that.

First Tnx for sharing your point of view. I can't extend my passport to add over for my unfortunate I'm not Lebanese. Just got a special case. However, I have applied for a new passport and waiting also in case of a visa one can hold the two passports new and old one even with invalidity of the old passport. I had a friend who has just travelled with two passports the old one which has the visa on and with invalidity and the new one! Still works. Tnx 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Lebanon
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OK back again. Just to make sure I made it the right way. I got my visa valid for four months and my passport has four month validity. Anyway,  I have renewed it and the old one has been annulled cause I got my new passport. So my visa is on my old passport. Does it make any complications for my at the CBP holding both the old (which was annulled and has the visa) and the new one?  I know I did the right way but I'm a little concerned. Tnx in advance  

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As long as you have both passports, that issue will not cause a problem.

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