Thank you so much

Hmebaze:
There is really nothing to worry about here. When you apply for a passport Renewal the old one would be cancelled without prejudice and the new one would come with a new passport number, however the old passport number wuld be somewhere on the new one. Just fill up a new DS 160, then update the DS160 on your USTRAVELDOC profile. Do not worry about the passport number cos it cant be edited on the USTRAVELDOC. Goto the embassy with both the old and new passport and your chances are high. I had a very Similar case of changing my pasport after paying for the VISA FEE and i did all ijst told you. I was given 2 papers though, one was for ADMIN PROCESS and the otheer one was to COLLECT my passport, i waited for about 16 to 18 days and got an email to pick up my passsport and yes i got the VISA. GOODLUCK

Hi my situation is quite complex. I was in the us i’ 2016 and stayed for 2 weeks. I went to visit my sister who just had a baby then. Fast forward to October 2018, i attempted to apply for renewal through dropbox as my visa was going to expire my November 2018. I submitted my documentation for dropbox renewal at the point of submission my us passport still had about 6 months validity on it before it expired however after I sent my documents through drop box I got an email that my passport was being sent back and i need to come in for an interview instead. So i went to pick the passport up from DHL in isolo. Upon collection, i tried to go online to reschedule and interview and there was no interview dates available then. I kept on checking over the next couple of days and there were still no dates showing up.
I sent an email to the embassy telling them on the situation and the response i got back was to keep checking . Finally after some days of checking, i finally got some date show up on my ustraveldocs dashboard and the earliest of this dates was June 2019.
I went ahead and chose this dates even though this was 7 months from the attempted dropbox renewal i did in October 2018. Like i mentioned earlier my passport when i was about to renew through dropbox in October 2018 was still valid but had about 6 months left to expire- so this clearly means that the passport information i filled in my new ds 160 and while booking my interview in ustraveldocs was my passport with 6months validity- however since i wasnt granted renewal through dropbox and had to reschedule an interview to go in for an inperson interview and i didnt get an early date and the earliest date available was June and by then the same passport which would have been good for the drop box renewal would be expired in June.
My plan initially when applying for fropbox with a pasport that was almost about to expire ( which is allowed as long as it has at least 6months to expiration on it). was if i get approved with dropbox , i only have to renew my old passport and get a new passport regardless then just carry 2 passports when i travel which is the Expired passport with the visa (if the visa would have been renewed with dropbox) and then carry my old and my new passport with me together so basically I’ll be traveling with 2 passports that is the old one that has the visa in it and then my new passports and which is something thats allowed.
So in confusion , i have gone to renew my passport as it has now expired while awaiting for the interview date and i have sent multiple emails to the embassy to rectify but they are not forthcoming. They said I can't update to a new passport because of the Gtbank receipt I used in making payment which carries my old passport number.
So i guess my question is - what do i do? Do i go in for the interview like that or do i have to make another gtbank payment or what?

Hi this situation is quite complex. If someone was in the usa in 2016 and stayed for 2 weeks and then Fast forward to October 2018, the person attempted to apply for renewal through dropbox as the visa was going to expire by November 2018. So he/she went on and submitted documentation for dropbox application although at the point of submission the travel passport still had about 6 months validity on it before it expired however after submission through drop box, this individual then got an email that the passport was being sent back and needs to come in for an interview instead. So she/he went to pick the passport up from DHL in isolo. Upon collection, she/he tried to go online to reschedule and interview and there was no interview dates available then This person kept on checking over the next couple of days and there were still no dates showing up.
This person in question sent an email to the embassy telling them on the situation and the response he/she got back was to keep checking . Finally after some days of checking, this person finally got some date show up on my ustraveldocs dashboard and the earliest of this dates was June 2019.
This person went ahead and chose the earliest date available which was in June, ( 7 months from the attempted dropbox renewal she did in October 2018) .
As mentioned earlier the passport when he/she was about to renew through dropbox in October 2018 was still valid but had about 6 months left to expire- so this clearly means that the passport information filled in the new ds 160 and while booking the interview in ustraveldocs and paying the gtb fee was the passport with 6months validity- however since the individual wasnt granted renewal through dropbox and had to reschedule an interview to go in for an inperson interview and didnt get an early date and the earliest date available was June and by then the same passport which would have been good for the drop box renewal would be expired in June.
The plan when this person initially applied for dropbox with a passport that was almost about to expire ( which is allowed as long as it has at least 6months to expiration on it). was if they get approved with dropbox , they only have to renew the old passport and get a new passport regardless then just carry 2 passports when they travel which is the Expired passport with the visa (if the visa would have been renewed with dropbox) and then carry the old and the new passport with them together so basically They would be traveling with 2 passports that is the old one that has the visa in it and then the new passports and which is something thats allowed.
So in confusion , this individual has gone to renew the passport as it has now expired while awaiting for the interview date and has sent multiple emails to the embassy to rectify but they are not forthcoming. They said It cannot be updated to a new passport because of the Gtbank receipt used in making payment which carries the old passport number.
So i guess my question is - what should this person do? Do they go in for the interview like that or do they have to make another gtbank payment or what?