Need Valid Passport to Get Tourist Visa?

[RioJaguarJr 0]

Mexican girlfriend's passport expires in 9 months. Her tourist visa is expired and she wants to renew it. If the tourist visa appointment occurs in a few months when there is less than 6 months until expiration on her passport, will that be a problem?

[Verrou 1,966]

42 minutes ago, RioJaguarJr said:

Mexican girlfriend's passport expires in 9 months. Her tourist visa is expired and she wants to renew it. If the tourist visa appointment occurs in a few months when there is less than 6 months until expiration on her passport, will that be a problem?

my suggestion is renew it 6 months before her passport expired.

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by Misscloud

[powerpuff 6,753]

She needs to renew her passport. The US consulate will not issue a visa on a near expired passport per their policy 
 

• Passport valid for travel to the United States – Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your period of stay in the United States (unless exempt by country-specific agreements). Each individual who needs a visa must submit a separate application, including any family members listed in your passport.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

 

EDIT: there is an exception for Mexico which states that it doesn’t need to be valid for 6 months beyond the period of stay but it still needs to be valid for the duration of the stay

 

“Visitors traveling to the U.S. are required to be in possession of passports that are valid for six months beyond the period of their intended stay in the U.S. Citizens of the countries listed below are exempt from the six- month rule and need only have a passport valid for their intended period of stay”

 

https://www.cbp.gov/document/bulletins/six-month-club-update

Edited July 12, 2022 by powerpuff

[RioJaguarJr 0]

OK so it needs at least 6 months left. If we can an appointment when there is still 7 or 8 months left on the passport then we should be good though? 

[powerpuff 6,753]

3 minutes ago, RioJaguarJr said:

OK so it needs at least 6 months left. If we can an appointment when there is still 7 or 8 months left on the passport then we should be good though? 

It seems so, yes. However current wait times for a visitor visa appointment in Mexico are extremely long