I-94 Arrival/Departure Form

[stevo222 18]

AT POE, K-1 Fiancee will fill out the I-94 "White Form" - Arrival/Departure Record, which they will need later for other things like SSN and AOS. Have you noticed, it has a question 4. Country of Citizenship, which of course, their home county would still be the answer, but the usual confusing and ambiguous US form question, is question 8. "Country where you live" - would they now put "US" there, even though they haven't actually started living here yet. They will no longer be living in the country they are entering from......Thanks

[JohnR! 5,495]

AT POE, K-1 Fiancee will fill out the I-94 "White Form" - Arrival/Departure Record, which they will need later for other things like SSN and AOS. Have you noticed, it has a question 4. Country of Citizenship, which of course, their home county would still be the answer, but the usual confusing and ambiguous US form question, is question 8. "Country where you live" - would they now put "US" there, even though they haven't actually started living here yet. They will no longer be living in the country they are entering from......Thanks

Q4 - Country of nationality - normally the same country that issued the passport with which the beneficiary is travelling.

Q8 - USA.

Since the K-1 visa is kind of a halfway house in terms of status, the presumption is that you will be entering the US to take up residence.

Good luck!!!

[Pitaya 2,577]

AT POE, K-1 Fiancee will fill out the I-94 "White Form" - Arrival/Departure Record, which they will need later for other things like SSN and AOS. Have you noticed, it has a question 4. Country of Citizenship, which of course, their home county would still be the answer, but the usual confusing and ambiguous US form question, is question 8. "Country where you live" - would they now put "US" there, even though they haven't actually started living here yet. They will no longer be living in the country they are entering from......Thanks

Hey stevo222,

Thanks for the good words. Did you by chance see my reply? The key to question 8 is- What their current country of permanent legal residence? Reading your question, you answer your own question, see bolded portions. Don't think of the future, think of the present situation, when they arrive at the POE, they still haven't been admitted into the US, no AOS, no nothing.... The AOS process is a process that (hopefully) culminates with allowing an eligible applicant to become a lawful permanent resident of the US.

It is confusing, refer to I-194 instructions for details.

HTH.

When is the interview?

Edited July 25, 2012 by A&B

[stevo222 18]

Hi Gegel and A&B,

Am I reading two different opinions here? Gegel, you say USA, but A&B, it seems by saying "not living in the now, not the future", she would put China down.

A&B, BTW, waiting for interview date, but Ying did send in the P3 now, so should know very soon.

Thanks

Oops, meant in the present, not future.....

[JohnR! 5,495]

Hi Gegel and A&B,

Am I reading two different opinions here? Gegel, you say USA, but A&B, it seems by saying "not living in the now, not the future", she would put China down.

A&B, BTW, waiting for interview date, but Ying did send in the P3 now, so should know very soon.

Thanks

Oops, meant in the present, not future.....

Yes you have two different opinions and both are correct, i.e. it doesn't matter what she answers in Q8, really. She will be allowed in and that is what counts.

We can make the case for either the US and China successfully, on this one.

[jayne d 12]

I entered on a K1 in February this year, I put down United Kingdom for Question 8 as that was my country of residence at that point in time.

As Gegel says I don't think it matters really.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Country where she resides would still be China for #8 since she has not even entered the US yet and is not a resident or living there.