Originally Posted by
GUWonder
"Most" leaves plenty of room for exceptions -- and I'm not even sure it's most given that even people with the means from some countries are rather often declined the first time, thus having to go through the process all over again hoping they don't get the dreaded double decline that will be a problem for several years.
Also, what good is a 10-year visa when the passports are not valid for 10-years and DHS writes on the valid visa in the expired passport that a new visa must be issued and/or affixed to the new passport before next entry? The whole expensive process all over again.
I for instance got turned down on one renewal, the woman simply was in a bad mood, in 'round 2' I simply tripled the amount of paperwork I brought in the first time, the guy gave me the '... is all that', he didnt even look at ANYTHING!
are you positive about that entry? I was 100% certain until now that the visa remains valid and you simply travel with two passports (the one where the valid visa is and the passport that is still valid)
in addition I might be naive but the US/ Canada or any other similar country are most likely not even remotely concerned about losing a few thousand tourists due to these measures. the economic impact is probably neglible, it sucks but for me (coming from a country that does need a visa) I got used to these sort of things long long ago