cobyco Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) hi can somebody ever heard about the requirement go give away his passport for 3 weeks? my visa agent told me its a part of the non immigrant/retirement visa application. that sound wired to me to stay without passport for 3 weeks. thanks Edited July 11, 2020 by cobyco spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Immigration never keeps the passport after a application is done. Only a few offices do keep it overnight after a extension of stay application is accepted. The agent has your passport. They often do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 seems a long time... have you used that agent before ? ask him why he needs it for 3 weeks. They may keep it for a period of time, that's up to the agent as maybe he's just not sure when he will meet with his IO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) They will collect passports until they have a bundle of them. I suggest you ask the agent when he plans on processing at immigration and possibly have him contact you the day before. I would not give up my passport for 3 weeks either as I have seen at some agencies how they ¨secure¨ the passports. Thrown into an unlocked drawer in their office. Not secure by any means. Edited July 11, 2020 by bkk6060 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Are you doing a "Conversion" and does it include the 12 month extension as well as the initial conversion to a Non-O? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobyco Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Mike Teavee said: Are you doing a "Conversion" and does it include the 12 month extension as well as the initial conversion to a Non-O? hi its intial conversion to non-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, cobyco said: hi its intial conversion to non-o Then my understanding is that they do need your passport for longer as it's a 2 stage process.... Convert to the initial 90 Day Non-Imm O Single Entry Extend this for 12 months, NB if you were doing this yourself you would need to wait 45-60 days into the Visa before you can extend, I'm assuming Agents have a way of doing it sooner. At the end of it you should have around 15 months permission to stay from when you 1st started. I guess you could ask the Agent for your passport back once you have the 90 day Non-O if it bothered you being without your passport for so long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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