- Sep 13, 2013
- 34
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- CPP Ottawa
- NOC Code......
- 0213
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 28-Oct-2013
- Doc's Request.
- RCMP request 10-May-2014
- AOR Received.
- 08-Dec-2013
- IELTS Request
- Submitted with Application
- Med's Request
- Got Medical Instructions on 08-Jul after mail to CPP
- Med's Done....
- 10-Jul-2014 (Uploaded 15-Jul-2014)
- Passport Req..
- 25-Jul-2014
- VISA ISSUED...
- 23-Sep-2014(Initially passport was returned back due to Damaged passport so got reissued and send again)
- LANDED..........
- 28-Sep-2014
Hi,
I have read few threads on L1 or H1B visa on Indian passport ,and after Canadian Citizenship on this forum and was not able to get answer from someone's experience.
So posting my question , I have L1B visa on my Indian passport which is valid till next year.I got oath invite for 31-Jan and hopefully i will be getting Canadian passport by 10th Feb or so.
Now i want to know someone who has gone thru similar scenario and option which was available for them ,as i was going thru CBP website
My old passport has already expired. My visa to travel to the United States is still valid but in my expired passport. Do I need to apply for a new visa with my new passport?
No. 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.
But as per my discussion with CBP officer ,I can carry both passports to border and they will issue new i94 based on my Canadian passport but since their website mention that passport should be from same country then that thing doesnt seem to possible.
What are my options
1) Apply for TN visa as soon as I get my Canadian passport?
2) Transfer of L1 visa from Indian passport to Canadian passport?( Not sure if its possible or not)
Regards,
I have read few threads on L1 or H1B visa on Indian passport ,and after Canadian Citizenship on this forum and was not able to get answer from someone's experience.
So posting my question , I have L1B visa on my Indian passport which is valid till next year.I got oath invite for 31-Jan and hopefully i will be getting Canadian passport by 10th Feb or so.
Now i want to know someone who has gone thru similar scenario and option which was available for them ,as i was going thru CBP website
My old passport has already expired. My visa to travel to the United States is still valid but in my expired passport. Do I need to apply for a new visa with my new passport?
No. 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.
But as per my discussion with CBP officer ,I can carry both passports to border and they will issue new i94 based on my Canadian passport but since their website mention that passport should be from same country then that thing doesnt seem to possible.
What are my options
1) Apply for TN visa as soon as I get my Canadian passport?
2) Transfer of L1 visa from Indian passport to Canadian passport?( Not sure if its possible or not)
Regards,