Originally Posted by
Tommolar
I am Egyptian I hold egyptian passport. I have residency in UAE as my father works there , when residency expires u have choice to renew it or abandomn it, for me as i am studying in egypt its better to go on tourist visa as I am not staying permenantly there so I gave it up voluntarily and its all legal and organized practice. The officer then stamps "cancelled " on ur visa and it has no problem at all. I found out that other countries stamp cancelled on visas when the bearer does illegal act in their counties. I dont know when going USA will the cbo officer understand that the cancelled stamp is an ordinary practice or he will think that its like a punishment for illegal act
I have lots of cancelled and "not valid" stamps in my US passports and it's never been a show-stopper for me. I think I've been asked questions (about this) by government passport control types maybe two to four times over the history of my international travels. In other words, it's not been an issue for even 1% of my international trips. While YMMV compared to my situation, as long as your story comes across as legitimate and consistent -- if asked about the cancellation stamps -- it's unlikely to be a show-stopper for your international trips.