Filed AOS, I-94 Expired, what now?

[Cmptrsdeal 76]

We filed the AOS 2 wks before her I-94 expires, what happens now? Can she get in trouble for being here after the I-94 expires? and the AOS has not been completed?

Thank you!

Edited December 28, 2011 by Cmptrsdeal

[menina 50]

We filed the AOS 2 wks before her I-94 expires, what happens now? Can she get in trouble for being here after the I-94 expires? and the AOS has not been completed?

Thank you!

No, she enters a period of authorized stay. You are okay since you have filed the AOS already. If you are concerned, carry the NOA1 with you showing that you have filed. We never did that and just waited for the green card to arrive. No problem at all.

[Tahoma 2,292]

...carry the NOA1 with you showing that you have filed.

^^^ That's your "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

[Zharren Young 32]

^^^ That's your "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

Agreed that receipt can make wonders

[Tahoma 2,292]

Chinook carried that letter around with her until she received her green card.

[Moomin 292]

If you're not close to boarders and when you're staying on the legal side of the law, then there's not that much of "getting into trouble" with an expired i-94. It isn't relevant for the police to ask about your immigration status unless you're arrested(as far as I know), or in a state where the cops have the authority to check it.

I carry around a copy of my passport and have done so since my POE, that's about the amount of ID I have on me at all times.

We did have a wrong sticker on the license plate(it had been renewed and we forgot to check it before putting it on) a while back and the police pulled us over. I admit it wasn't really a thrill sitting there with an expired I-94 even though I knew he wasn't going to ask for anything relating to it.