I recently received a new US passport to replace an old damaged one. The old passport (still ostensibly valid till 2027) was returned to me. Weird thing is there's no indication (a void mark, corner cut off, hole) showing that it's voided. Now I'm applying for a visitor's visa for another country, and its visa center has asked me to show the mark or indication that the old visa PASSPORT(very sorry for this error) has been voided. [Added later: I need old passport for its long-term Japan visa, I can't simply discard it.]
So I need the US Embassy to simply punch a hole in, or cut off a corner of, my old passport, I guess. But there's obviously no process listed on the US Embassy in Japan website for how to do so. My plan, therefore, is to simply 'pretend' I'm again doing the damaged passport process and then, first chance to talk to a human, I explain what I actually need. Is this the best idea? Or is there a phone number to call for such unusual situations?
The 'punch a hole in it myself' idea has also come to mind. But tentative gut feeling is that's a bad idea.
Thankful for any thoughts or suggestions.
[Must've explained situation poorly. Anyway, going to US Embassy visa office tomorrow and will report how things go.]
by Loud-Butterfly3426