Yes you will receive the old passport along with your new one. Please write a letter to the Consul general requesting to have the old passport back.

In most cases, when a passport renewal is issued, the old passport will be cancelled and returned with the new passport. However, U.S. passports are the property of the U.S. government, and therefore it is ultimately up to the U.S. Passport Agency to determine whether or not an old passport is returned. Yes. Each traveler needs their own passport regardless of age.

Yes, we return the old, cancelled passport to you although it may be sent separately from your new passport. It is a good idea to keep it in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U.S. citizenship.

It is not possible to transfer a visa from one passport to another without making a new visa application. Please note that the Embassy no longer issues visas valid "indefinitely". If you are issued a new visa it will have a maximum validity of ten years.

Yes. You will receive your old passport back unless it is deemed to be damaged by the UKPA. The passport will clearly indicate that it is invalid and it is important that you advise whether any valid visas remain in the passport before applying for it to be renewed.

Electronic Passport is the same as a traditional passport with the addition of a small integrated circuit (or “chip”) embedded in the back cover. The chip stores: A biometric identifier in the form of a digital image of the passport photograph, which will facilitate the use of face recognition technology at ports-of-entry;

This is often referred to as an ATA carnet. Import drop shippers often use this to bring products to a trade show from abroad. The carnet is valid in about sixty countries and is valid for about a year.

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Look at the small IC chips on the boards of your computer. They are called the "TTL logic chips". Most of them will have numbers on them like "7404" "74121" and other "74 series" numbers. Some memory chips will be small but not have those numbers. There are generally date codes on most IC chips, usually in the form "wwyy" where ww is the week from 00 to 52, and yy is the year: 74, 75, 76, etc. Or it may be "yyww". So "2776" or "7622" will be the 26th week of 1976 for instance.

Yes, if you will be entering the United States for a reason consistent with the type of valid visa you have. You should carry the old passport that contains the valid visa and your current (new) passport. You will use both for entry into the United States.

An 'Indefinite ' validity visa is nolonger valid for travel to the United States. You will need to either travel under the Visa Waiver Programme or apply for a new visa, whichever is appropriate. Yes. The United Kingdom and the United States have an agreement that the passport need only be valid for the full duration of the visit to to the United States.

The Government of Jamaica began phasing out the old format blue-coloured passports in 2002 and has been issuing new machine readable passports. The old format passports will remain valid until their date of expiry. However, persons who have not already done so are encouraged to apply for the new machine readable passport.