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Visiting with a valid B1/B2 visa while B1/B2 renewal is under processing

Hey all,

I emailed the consulate but I am also posting here hoping to get an answer from someone else who might have seen a similar situation.

My dilemma is if a person can visit the US with a valid B1/B2 visitor visa if the have applied for a visa renewal and their application is pending/admin processing?

Someone close in my family died so I want my parents to come visit me for a few months so we can grieve together. They have a B1/B2 visitor visa that's valid until January 2022. A few months ago, because of the delay with COVID-related embassy closures and visa processing time, they applied for a B1/B2 visa renewal with the hopes that the visa would be approved sometime this year and they could visit at the end of this year. They've applied and renewed B1/B2 a few times before and were previously told that they could submit their documents through a dropbox and would not have to go through a consular interview process. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, this time they got a notice saying that the embassy was unable to waive their interview requirement and their visa is refused under 221(g) and will require an in-person interview in order to be completed.

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Previously, I've seen that when a person applies for a new visa while their current visa still had some validity, the embassy would stamp a big "canceled without prejudice" on the old/current valid visa and stamp a new visa with a new expiration date. Their current visitor visa with the expiration date in Jan 2022 is as-is on their passport and was not stamped as canceled.

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My question is, will they be able to visit me in the US on the basis of the visitor visa that's currently valid even if they have applied for a visitor visa renewal which is currently not being processed due to COVID-related embassy closures? I am hesitant to buy their tickets without getting a confirmation that CBP/USCIS will let them into the US based on their current visa and not refuse entry because they have applied for a new visitor visa.

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Thank you!

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