My passport is expiring but my visas aren't, can they be transferred?
 

Does anyone know? My passport is about to expire but some of my visas are still good. Can they be transferred over to my new passport?<BR><BR>Anyone ever had this problem?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Sandy

Sandy--you should contact the countries that issued the visas to find out if they will still be valid.<BR><BR>In some cases they are--the US, for example, does sometimes issue visas with a validity longer than the passport and you can use them for entry provided you have a new valid passport and the old passport which contains the visa.

I believe the answer varies with each country. In some instances (the US being one, at least for some visas), so long as the passport page with the visa is not cancelled, even though the passport itself has expired the visa remains good. Of course that means you may have to carry the new passport and the old one, but ...

I have never been able to get an issuing country to re-issue/transfer an current visa to a new passport. The only thing I can do is, as the poster above indicates, carry the old passport and the new passort when traveling to a country where I have a valid visa in my old passport. Definately a pain, but this is the only solution I have found.<BR><BR>If you are able to do this, write back on this thread and tell me how....

Sandy - you can travel on your new passport along with your old one with the visas that are still good. This is done quite often and you should have no problems using both.

Not meaning to denigrate any of the responses, but I would you would want to check on the official word from the passport office rather than relying on mostly anonymous opinions here.

I totally agree with Howard's reply: you should contact each and every country's embassy in Washington, DC or their consulate offices (if they have them) in other US cities. As a general rule of thumb, most countries stipulate a passport must have an expiration date (usually at least 6 months) following your expected departure from the country back to the US. Therefore, make sure you contact the officials who would know -- do not rely on the US State Department for correct information on each country's visa requirements/expired passport policy for aliens. You MUST contact each country individually, although I am certain all EU Schengen countries now have standard entry/exit/visa requirements. Do not rely on anonymous posts here; get the official word!