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New passport, do I need new visa?

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Edelweiss
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New passport, do I need new visa?

Post by Edelweiss » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:44 pm

Hi all

I applied for my new South African passport early because the turn-around time is usually 4 months. Well, mine took less than a month to arrive! So I now have my new passport and I have my visa (HSMP) in my old passport, which has Cancelled stamped in it. Do I need to get the visa transferred or can I wait until I apply for my extension in March 2009?

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Post by UKBAbble » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:29 pm

You can wait. If you travel just tke the old passport as well.

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Re: New passport, do I need new visa?

Post by push » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:35 am

Edelweiss wrote:Hi all

I applied for my new South African passport early because the turn-around time is usually 4 months. Well, mine took less than a month to arrive! So I now have my new passport and I have my visa (HSMP) in my old passport, which has Cancelled stamped in it. Do I need to get the visa transferred or can I wait until I apply for my extension in March 2009?
Carry both passports with you and you should be fine.

Edelweiss
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Post by Edelweiss » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:30 am

Thank you so much for the help guys! :D

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