Should I still have my I-94? What happens if I travel abroad?

[thejoz 0]

I'm one of those people who didn't have an AOS interview, but was "fast-tracked" and approved by mail. I still have my I-94 form, therefore, as it wasn't taken from me at an interview and I wasn't asked to surrender it at any other point. Is this correct? Should I still have it? Does it matter?

If I travel back to the UK in the future, will they just remove it then? And will I be given a new one when I return, as I'm now an LPR?

Help if you were "fast-tracked" and have the same issue, please!

[Otto 83]

You've got your PR/Green Card - the I-94 will (if it isn't already) be removed from your passport and a new entry stamp placed inside when you return.

[Damian&Kelly 16]

We also didn't have an interview, so my husband still had his I-94 when we went back to England in December. At the airport before leaving the US, They were asking for people to turn in their Green I-94w I think. but didn't ask for the white ones. But when we got back to the US, the women at immigration made a comment and said "oh why didn't they take this?" and ripped it out and stamped his passport. No big deal at all.

[Sc0tt28 26]

I'm one of those people who didn't have an AOS interview, but was "fast-tracked" and approved by mail. I still have my I-94 form, therefore, as it wasn't taken from me at an interview and I wasn't asked to surrender it at any other point. Is this correct? Should I still have it? Does it matter?

If I travel back to the UK in the future, will they just remove it then? And will I be given a new one when I return, as I'm now an LPR?

Help if you were "fast-tracked" and have the same issue, please!

Look at the back of your I-94. It says: "you must surrender it...". Granted it also says "when you leave the US" and maybe you have never left the US...ever...but the point of it is that it is a government document, not yours to keep as a souvenir. So the question "Should I still have it?". The answer is "No". To the question "Is this correct?". The answer is "No" to that one too because you were "told" to surrender it via the notation on the back of the form. And finally "Does it matter?". To this one the answer is "Yes" and I'll tell you why. Normally it would be because the portion of the I-94 that gets stapled into your passport is the "departure record", you returning it lets the government know that you left the country. For adjustment of status cases, its more just giving it back for the sake of courtesy and convenience. As long as you have it, the I-94 number is still "in the system", and it would be better to return it so that, that number could be cleared out.

[Sc0tt28 26]

I'm one of those people who didn't have an AOS interview, but was "fast-tracked" and approved by mail. I still have my I-94 form, therefore, as it wasn't taken from me at an interview and I wasn't asked to surrender it at any other point. Is this correct? Should I still have it? Does it matter?

If I travel back to the UK in the future, will they just remove it then? And will I be given a new one when I return, as I'm now an LPR?

Help if you were "fast-tracked" and have the same issue, please!

I guess I missed the other part. If/when you travel back to the UK, you should give the I-94 to the airline representative (which is what it says to do on the back of the I-94). Assuming you return as an LPR you won't need a new I-94 when you return.

[thejoz 0]

I guess I missed the other part. If/when you travel back to the UK, you should give the I-94 to the airline representative (which is what it says to do on the back of the I-94). Assuming you return as an LPR you won't need a new I-94 when you return.

So you would agree that it would be okay for me to surrender it when I leave the country? I mean, obviously I would do so then, I have no reason or desire to hang on to it. As you say, on the back it talks about surrendering it upon departure, which I certainly would, if I were to depart

I mean, the thing is utterly defunct at this point anyway; the "depart by" date is irrelevant and "trumped" by my Green Card, so.