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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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My wife is Chinese. The current passport is valid for her to get her Visa to go to the US. The current passport expires November 2022. My wife wants to get a new passport so that she will have a valid passport when the current passport expires. Will her current passport be invalidated by getting a  new passport? 

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1 hour ago, scudderb56 said:

Will her current passport be invalidated by getting a  new passport? 

The old passport would be hole punched in the Bio page. If the visa is in the old passport then she would need to travel with both passports: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/about-basics.html

If your visa is still valid you can travel to the United States with your two passports, as long as the visa is valid, not damaged, and is the appropriate type of visa required for your principal purpose of travel. (Example: tourist visa, when your principal purpose of travel is tourism). Both passports (the valid and the expired one with the visa) should be from the same country. When you arrive at the U.S. port-of-entry (POE, generally an airport or land border) the Customs and Border Protection Immigration Officer will check your visa in the old passport and if s/he decides to admit you into the United States they will stamp your new passport with an admission stamp along with the annotation "VIOPP" (visa in other passport). Do not try to remove the visa from your old passport and stick it into the new valid passport. If you do so, your visa will no longer be valid.

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Filed: Country: Vietnam (no flag)
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Don't complicate your situation.  Your wife already had her interview and the US Embassy is waiting for the police certificate from Dubai.  Switching out passports is a needless complication.  Your wife can get a new passport from the Chinese Embassy/Consulates in the US after she immigrates.  

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