I485

[Jordandawg05 13]

What does the USCIS status and expiration mean on the form? my wife entered on a B2 visa and am not sure what to enter on this box..would it be B2 and the I94 expiration datE?

thanks for your help

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

What does the USCIS status and expiration mean on the form? my wife entered on a B2 visa and am not sure what to enter on this box..would it be B2 and the I94 expiration datE?

thanks for your help

I think so. But I'll let someone chime in who is more sure. But what I always heard that it is the date on the I-94 that counts as an "expiration date"...not the B2 visa itself as that can be valid easily for 10 years.

[Jordandawg05 13]

I think so. But I'll let someone chime in who is more sure. But what I always heard that it is the date on the I-94 that counts as an "expiration date"...not the B2 visa itself as that can be valid easily for 10 years.

Thank you for your reply ! can anyone confirm this?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yep, you are right. USCIS status is B2 and expiration is the date on the I-94 - the date her authorized stay ends.

[asdfg 18]

Visa is NOT a status.

Visa is a permission to travel to a country , issued by consular officers.

Status is granted at the border and is valid for the duration of time indicated on I-94, until departure or a finding by USCIS that

the individual is no longer in status.

For B visa non-immigrants, their status is endorsed on I-94 form (usually valid for 6 months from the date of entry).

The latest date on I-94 is the expiration date of the status (with the exceptions mentioned above)

Hope this helps.

Edited October 25, 2012 by asdfg

[Jordandawg05 13]

Yep, you are right. USCIS status is B2 and expiration is the date on the I-94 - the date her authorized stay ends.

Thank you ! i am done with this form and the support form, few more and i hope to have the packet ready ..its not as bad as the I130 heheh but working on this slowly

Visa is NOT a status.

Visa is a permission to travel to a country , issued by consular officers.

Status is granted at the border and is valid for the duration of time indicated on I-94, until departure or a finding by USCIS that

the individual is no longer in status.

For B visa non-immigrants, their status is endorsed on I-94 form (usually valid for 6 months from the date of entry).

The latest date on I-94 is the expiration date of the status (with the exceptions mentioned above)

Hope this helps.

Thank you ! on I 94 it has B2 on it - so thats what i'll enter B2 and the expiratio date on it.