HOW TO WITHDRAW AN APPLICATION FOR REVALIDATION

If you submit an application for revalidation and later discover you need your passport while it is in process, you may withdraw your application and request the passport be returned without a visa. Send the request for withdrawal of the case via fax at 202-663-1608. The fax must include:

• applicant's name (as it is written in the passport),

• applicant's date and place of birth,

• applicant's nationality,

• visa type (e.g., E, H, I, L, O, P),

• method sent (e.g., Fedex, Express Mail, DHL, World Courier, UPS, Priority Mail, etc.),

• date the package was received at the Department,

• name and return address on envelope, and a

• telephone and/or fax number to contact if there are difficulties finding the application.

The application and passport are sent out the next business day. However, failure to provide complete information may delay the return of the application and passport.

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