Question: No I-94 attach on passport

[bluemist 0]

Hello Fellow VJ'ers,

just wanted to ask about the I-94 from the POE..i know about it coz I had mine and the officer attached my I-94 to my passport.

My friend arrived here in the US on April 18,2009 and got married May 27,2009...she called me regarding the I-94..she said she don't have I-94 ,the officer on her POE didnt attach the I-94 on her passport,now she's worried about it bcoz we know that we need that for AOS.

She also said that she filled up the I-94 (which is white form) on the plane then when the plane landed on her POE..the officer said she dont need the I-94 white form that she filled up...officer gave her a blue form and told her to filled it up and so she did..then she had her fingerprints,picture and told her she's done and she can go to her next connecting flight.

I gave her the USCIS number and told her to call and ask about it.

The officer didnt attach her I-94 on her passport.Anyone experience this?

Hoping for speedy answers.Thanks.

[tallcoolone 102]

What type of Visa did she use to enter USA?

[bluemist 0]

What type of Visa did she use to enter USA?

She entered USA on K1.

[Otto 83]

The departure portion of the I-94 is supposed to be in the passport (or in the alien's possession). If not, a duplicate can be obtained from USCIS.

[tallcoolone 102]

The departure portion of the I-94 is supposed to be in the passport (or in the alien's possession). If not, a duplicate can be obtained from USCIS.

I am sure she is not the first person to loose it..........

[bluemist 0]

The departure portion of the I-94 is supposed to be in the passport (or in the alien's possession). If not, a duplicate can be obtained from USCIS.

How can she obtained a duplicate from USCIS?Does she need to call and inform them that she didnt have her I-94 attach on her passport on her POE??

[jamesNrei 0]

Tell her to contact the nearest Department of Homeland Security (customs) to her place and go there to get a new I-94. She will be given an I-94 to fill up and the officer there will stamp it's expiration based on the date she arrived US and it will be attached to her passport. This is what I did when the same thing happened to me, the officer did not attach it to my passport at the customs upon my arrival.

[Ban Hammer 12,861]

The departure portion of the I-94 is supposed to be in the passport (or in the alien's possession). If not, a duplicate can be obtained from USCIS.

How can she obtained a duplicate from USCIS?Does she need to call and inform them that she didnt have her I-94 attach on her passport on her POE??

congratulations! your friend just found a way to spend $320 - she'll have to submit I-102

Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document

Purpose of Form :

For a nonimmigrant to apply for a new or replacement Form I-94 or I-95 Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document.

Number of Pages :

Instructions: 5; Form: 2.

Edition Date :

8/21/08. Previous editions accepted.

Where to File :

If you are currently in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermond, Virginia, West Virginia or the U.S. Virgin Islands, mail the application to:

USCIS - Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden Street

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

If you are currently in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee or Texas, mail the application to:

USCIS - Texas Service Center

P.O. Box 851182

Mesquite, TX 75185-1182

If you are currently in Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii or Nevada, mail the application to:

USCIS - California Service Center

P.O. Box 10102

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0040

If you are currently anywhere else in the United States, mail the application to:

USCIS - Nebraska Service Center

P.O. Box 87102

Lincoln, NE 68501-7102

Filing Fee :

$320

link

[jamesNrei 0]

I got an I-94 without any fee at DHS. It was the Immigration Officer's fault that it was not attached to my passport after I gave it to them and I told that at the DHS office.

Edited May 31, 2009 by jamesNrei

[bluemist 0]

Tell her to contact the nearest Department of Homeland Security (customs) to her place and go there to get a new I-94. She will be given an I-94 to fill up and the officer there will stamp it's expiration based on the date she arrived US and it will be attached to her passport. This is what I did when the same thing happened to me, the officer did not attach it to my passport at the customs upon my arrival.

Thanks jamesNrei.I will tell her about that now.

Charles! if she will file for that,how long it will takes?She's preparing her AOS so they can file soon.

[jamesNrei 0]

if she goes to the DHS office on the same day she will have her I-94 with no fee at all. I called the office first before I went there and they told me to just bring my passport, she should call them first too. Tell her to take note of her flight details just in case she has forgotten she needs this info in filling up the I-94.

[bluemist 0]

if she goes to the DHS office on the same day she will have her I-94 with no fee at all. I called the office first before I went there and they told me to just bring my passport, she should call them first too. Tell her to take note of her flight details just in case she has forgotten she needs this info in filling up the I-94.

There is no contact numbers of USCIS or DHS in Cleveland,OH...they only have the address.

Anyway thanks for the info.I just sent her a message about this.

Salamat jamesNrei

[Ban Hammer 12,861]

Tell her to contact the nearest Department of Homeland Security (customs) to her place and go there to get a new I-94. She will be given an I-94 to fill up and the officer there will stamp it's expiration based on the date she arrived US and it will be attached to her passport. This is what I did when the same thing happened to me, the officer did not attach it to my passport at the customs upon my arrival.

Thanks jamesNrei.I will tell her about that now.

Charles! if she will file for that,how long it will takes?She's preparing her AOS so they can file soon.

no idea how long it would take - i do remember aussiewench telling me not to leave the poe without the i-94 for this very reason.

eta: i'd suggest she try what previous posters said about going to a dhs office and see if she can get one there, if not, then she'll have to go with the i-102

Edited June 1, 2009 by charles!

[bluemist 0]

no idea how long it would take - i do remember aussiewench telling me not to leave the poe without the i-94 for this very reason.

eta: i'd suggest she try what previous posters said about going to a dhs office and see if she can get one there, if not, then she'll have to go with the i-102

Thank you charles!..I called my friend already and told her about this..she will go to the nearest uscis office in Ohio on Tuesday.