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I am traveling to the US. I have dual Citinzenship (Mexico/Venezuela) My Venezuelan passport is holding my valid US visa. My Venezuelan passport is expired. My Mexican passport is valid.

Will I have issues entering the US using my Mexican passport and my valid US visa in my expired passport?

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No, you will NOT be allowed enter the US using your visa on the expired passport.

Although the US does allow entry using a visa on an expired passport, this is only allowed when the personal details - including nationality - are the same on both passports. Or put another way, the passports must both be from the same country.

Without a valid visa the airline you are flying will not allow you to board your flight to the US.

From https://www.ustraveldocs.com/au/au-gen-faq.asp#qlistgen8 :

Q.8 My passport has expired, but the U.S. visa in it is still valid. Do I need to apply for a new visa?

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Also, the name and other personal data must be the same in both passports, and both passports must be from the same country and of the same type (i.e., both tourist passports and both diplomatic passports).

(ustraveldocs.com is run by CGI Federal, the company responsible for processing US visas in most countries around the world. Whilst not technically an official US website, the information on it is as close to official as you can get)

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    The most obvious solution to this is to renew the Venezuelan passport.
    – DJClayworth
    Commented May 2, 2022 at 22:41
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    The way the question is phrased, the beginning of your answer is incorrect. I believe what you mean is "Yes, that is an issue and you will NOT be allowed..."
    – Ben Voigt
    Commented May 3, 2022 at 15:07
  • "Whilst not technically an official US website, the information on it is as close to official as you can get": not so; see travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/… under "My old passport has already expired. My visa to travel to the United States is still valid but in my expired passport. Do I need to apply for a new visa with my new passport?"
    – phoog
    Commented Jun 25 at 12:20
  • @phoog It's not clear what you're disagreeing with? The page you linked to clearly states "Both passports (the valid and the expired one with the visa) should be from the same country." which is not the case now. If you're saying the page I linked to IS an official website, it's run by a third party, albeit one that is contracted by the US govt to provide visa services.
    – Doc
    Commented Jun 25 at 13:48

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