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Posted on: 01-01-05 12:24:18
Toronto_Puttar --
Quote:The "thing" that they stapled on your passport is the I-94 - it is the most important document, more important than the visa itself.
Orginally posted by Toronto_Puttar
I dont know but the thing they stapled to my pasport says multiple at the bottom and the date is changed on it.
If you stay beyond the date stamped on the I-94, you are deemed an "illegal alien".
I know you didn't overstay, so you are ok.
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Quote:You should have returned it before leaving the US.
Orginally posted by Toronto_Puttar
I just read the instructions on the back of the paper they stapled to my passport, it says i have to return it when i leave the US.
Im back in Toronto and nobody asked me for it when i was coming back..
now what
Under the US-VISIT laws now, all I-94s are tracked.
Pre-US-VISIT, the rule was that you get an I-94 when you enter the country and you gave it back and it got sent to an INS processing center ( I believe somewhere in Kansas).
However, now the BCIS and the Dept. of Homeland Security have come up with the US-VISIT system under which they have started cross-mapping the I-94s.
It is quite likely that someone whose records don't match will be red-flagged under the umbrella of the Patriot Act.
In your one single case, it probably doesn't make a difference, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes.
The US-Canada border is still relatively open, so people crossing back and forth are probably not cross checked that much.
What you need to do now is - when you go to the US next time, you will get another I-94.
When you leave, return both the I-94s - the one you have with you now, and the one you will get.
Hope this clarifies.
P.S. The reason they would have stamped multiple is because you can travel back and forth between US and Canada using the same I-94, even if you have a single entry visa as long as the I-94 is valid, and you are not travelling anywhere other than Canada in the trip.
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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."
-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
Quote:
Orginally posted by Toronto_Puttar
I just read the instructions on the back of the paper they stapled to my passport, it says i have to return it when i leave the US.
Im back in Toronto and nobody asked me for it when i was coming back..
now what
I had a similar situation the first time I drove into the US from Toronto. The website of the US consulate in London has a DHS advisory that suggests that the document is to be returned to their processing office in Kentucky.
The address of the processing office is as under:
ACS - USCIS, SBU, P.O Box 7125,
London, KY 40742-7125,
USA
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/ins/i94.htm
You would have to return the I-94 with appropriate evidence to indicate that you are back in Canada. If you do not do this, you could have a problem entering / getting a visa to the US in the future.
For future travel, the back of your I-94 specifies that if you are leaving the US for Canada by road, the document should be handed over to the Canadian customs (now CBSA) agent.
Hope this helps.
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Orginally posted by crenshaw
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/ins/i94.htm
Thanks for the useful link. My child has a similar case and the form is still attached to her passport. I did check up with CIC call centre because I was more worried for her days count in Canada. They told me that it is upto you to get entery and exit stamp on passport and return of form. This link clearly put resposiblity on traveler for the return of form at exit. I will surely post that form to the provided address.
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