If someone has a US visa (10 yr. multiple entry) which was issued while they were living in India and now they land as a permanent resident in Canada, are they required to get a new visa issued from the local office?

Or is the old visa still valid until it expires?

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Old visa still valid because they are still citizen of India and passport holder of India.

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Thanks Charlie! Are you aware of any such cases that have travelled to the states without an issue?

Also, if someone case share either

a) a known case
b) some official documentation on this

I would really appreciate it.

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My mother-in-law has a 10 year multiple visitor visa issued from India and has traveled about 4 or times to US (and Canada), both directly into US by air and by land through US-Canada border.

The only thing one has to make sure is to surrender the I-94 when leaving for the final time. For ex:, if the person crosses the land border several times, the last time he/she leaves the US, the I-94 needs to be given up.

The first time one enters the US for that particular trip, that person would go through US-VISIT (a politically correct name for fingerprinting and photograph) and will be issued a multiple entry I-94 for $6 USD. The $6 is charged only across the land crossing.

Hope this helps.

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My mother-in-law has a 10 year multiple visitor visa issued from India and has traveled about 4 or times to US (and Canada), both directly into US by air and by land through US-Canada border.

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Yes BL, there shall be no problem for a PR of Canada to visit USA on a visa issued prior to his becoming a PR from some other country. Visa requirement for Canadian PRs started on March 17, 2003, and I travelled with my friend in May 2003 to USA (to appear for our CPA exam) wherein I had a visa issued in Canada in april, and he had his visa on Indian passport issued issued in Indonesia for 10 years.

Since then my friend, who is still a PR and not a citizen has travelled to USA a few times on the same visa issued out of Canada.

Chandresh

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I concur with Chandresh. As long as the visa is valid, there will be no issues. No, my MIL is not a PR.

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