diff --git a/modules/delegates/hooks/useHasV2VoteDelegate.ts b/modules/delegates/hooks/useHasV2VoteDelegate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a154c055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/delegates/hooks/useHasV2VoteDelegate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2023 Dai Foundation <www.daifoundation.org>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+*/
+
+import useSWR from 'swr';
+import { useContracts } from 'modules/web3/hooks/useContracts';
+import { ZERO_ADDRESS } from 'modules/web3/constants/addresses';
+
+type HasV1VoteDelegateResponse = {
+  data?: boolean | undefined;
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: Error;
+  mutate: () => void;
+};
+
+// Returns whether the address has a v1 vote delegate contract
+export const useHasV1VoteDelegate = (account?: string): HasV1VoteDelegateResponse => {
+  const { voteDelegateFactoryOld } = useContracts();
+  const { data, error, mutate } = useSWR(account ? `${account}/has-v1-vote-delegate-address` : null, async () => {
+    if (!account) return false;
+    const newVdAddress = await voteDelegateFactoryOld.delegates(account);
+
+    return newVdAddress !== ZERO_ADDRESS;
+  });
+  return {
+    data,
+    loading: !error && !data,
+    error,
+    mutate
+  };
+};
diff --git a/pages/migration/delegate.tsx b/pages/migration/delegate.tsx
index 6e023568b..66d2ff62c 100644
--- a/pages/migration/delegate.tsx
+++ b/pages/migration/delegate.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { ConnectWallet } from 'modules/migration/components/ConnectWallet';
 import { NewDelegateContract } from 'modules/migration/components/NewDelegateContract';
 import { sign } from 'modules/web3/helpers/sign';
 import { useLinkedDelegateInfo } from 'modules/migration/hooks/useLinkedDelegateInfo';
+import { useHasV1VoteDelegate } from 'modules/delegates/hooks/useHasV2VoteDelegate';
 
 export default function DelegateMigrationPage(): React.ReactElement {
   const { account, provider } = useWeb3();
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ export default function DelegateMigrationPage(): React.ReactElement {
     latestOwnerHasDelegateContract
   } = useLinkedDelegateInfo();
 
-  const connectedAddressFound = !!originalOwnerAddress || !!latestOwnerAddress;
+  //if latest is a v1 delegate contract, then they still haven't started the v2 linking process
+  const { data: latestIsV1Delegate } = useHasV1VoteDelegate(latestOwnerAddress);
+  const connectedAddressFound = (!!originalOwnerAddress || !!latestOwnerAddress) && !latestIsV1Delegate;
 
   // the user should be shown the steps to take action if:
   // a - the connected account needs to migrate to v2
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ export default function DelegateMigrationPage(): React.ReactElement {
 
   const getCurrentStep = useMemo((): string => {
     // delegate contract is v1 and we don't have
-    // a request to migrate the address yet, show migration info
+    // a request to migrate the address to v2 yet, show migration info
     if (
       (isDelegateV1Contract) &&
       !connectedAddressFound &&
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ export default function DelegateMigrationPage(): React.ReactElement {
       return STEPS.NEW_ADDRESS;
     }
 
-    // delegate contract is either expired or expiring or needs to migrate to v2
+    // delegate contract needs to migrate to v2
     // and we have processed the request to migrate
     // but user is connected with old address
     if (