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Does anybody know if the US Visitor visa on the Indian passport gets canceled on the day of the interview?

If the Visitor visa is not canceled, can the individual enter US on visitor visa even though s/he has the Green card approval through US embassy? (I know there is no reason to enter US on Visitor visa when somebody has a Green card, but this is a peculiar situation.)

Thanks in advance.

As far as I know, they dont usually dont cancel other visas until the individual enters the US with the immigrant visa.

So theoretically, after being approved for the immigrant visa, the individual could change their mind and decide not to immigrate, then travel to the US and present the tourist visa (or another nonimmigrant visa) and request to be admitted as a nonimmigrant.

At that point, it comes down to the individuals circumstances and the officers discretion whether to admit the person as a nonimmigrant -- they may need to present evidence to convince the officer that they really dont want to immigrate (unless its a dual-intent visa, like H1B or L1).

I know my H1B visa was canceled before the start of the interview. Since the case Im talking about is immigration through family, I wanted to make sure that his 10 years Visitor visa is still valid even after the individual is approved on Green card.

I know my H1B visa was canceled before the start of the interview. Do you mean expired? Or actually canceled before the interview? Did you get your GC via a consular processing?

Since the case Im talking about is immigration through family, I wanted to make sure that his 10 years Visitor visa is still valid even after the individual is approved on Green card. If they dont stamp it canceled at the interview, it might still be active as long as they dont enter the US with an immigrant visa. But even if the tourist visa remains active, whether the individual can actually enter the US with it is another question. They might have to explain what happened to make them decide not to immigrate, before the officer will agree to admit them as a nonimmigrant.