I-94

[hydrolus 0]

HI,

My finace arrived this week using the K1 visa! I was reading about the process of getting a SS number. I was told you need a I-94. What is a I-94??

THanks

[YuAndDan 153]

The I-94 will be issued at the POE, it is the entry/exit card issued to all Non-Immigrant visa holders, you will need it also for AOS.

[pulteseller 0]

It's what you fill out on the plane before landing, and the USCIS stamps it before you leave Customs.

[KarenCee 3]

It's what you fill out on the plane before landing, and the USCIS stamps it before you leave Customs.

That's the customs declaration form, not the I-94. The I-94 is filled out at the POE and it's usually found in the visa. It is needed for AOS...a customs declaration form would not be.

[Boiler 46,252]

It's what you fill out on the plane before landing, and the USCIS stamps it before you leave Customs.

That's the customs declaration form, not the I-94. The I-94 is filled out at the POE and it's usually found in the visa. It is needed for AOS...a customs declaration form would not be.

Replace Customs with Immigration and the first post is right.

You can of course fill it in at the PoE, but you have that long flight and the films are not always that interesting.

[KarenCee 3]

It's what you fill out on the plane before landing, and the USCIS stamps it before you leave Customs.

That's the customs declaration form, not the I-94. The I-94 is filled out at the POE and it's usually found in the visa. It is needed for AOS...a customs declaration form would not be.

Replace Customs with Immigration and the first post is right.

You can of course fill it in at the PoE, but you have that long flight and the films are not always that interesting.

Why Immigration? The form you fill out on the plane is for declaring what you have brought back into the country, if you have anything. Whenever I have flown back into the country, I've filled one out and when I went through customs I had to give it to the officer.

Edited February 5, 2007 by KarenCee

[YuAndDan 153]

After the successful completion of processing the applicant, a CBP officer stamps the applicant’s arrival and departure portions of the completed Form I-94, the passport and the customs declaration. The officer retains the arrival portion of the Form I-94 and returns the departure portion of the Form I-94 and passport to the applicant.

The departure portion of Form I-94 and passport is to be in the applicant’s possession at all times until the applicant departs the United States. If an applicant boards a commercial conveyance to depart the United States, the transportation carriers are:

1. To remove the departure portion of the Form I-94 from the applicant’s passport.

2. Annotate the reverse of the departure portion of the Form I-94 with the facts of the applicant’s departure from the United States.

3. Return the departure portion of the Form I-94 to the nearest CBP office.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure the transportation carriers collect the applicant’s departure portion of the Form I-94. If an applicant departs the United States by way of land through Canada or Mexico, it is the applicant’s responsibility to return the departure portion of the Form I-94 to CBP prior to his/her departure.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/...ing_out_i94.xml

When you adjust status the officer may or may not take the I-94 card from you, if you do get a green card, the I-94 card is no longer needed since your status changes from Non-Immigrant to Lawful Permanent Resident.

[KarenCee 3]

After the successful completion of processing the applicant, a CBP officer stamps the applicant’s arrival and departure portions of the completed Form I-94, the passport and the customs declaration. The officer retains the arrival portion of the Form I-94 and returns the departure portion of the Form I-94 and passport to the applicant.

The departure portion of Form I-94 and passport is to be in the applicant’s possession at all times until the applicant departs the United States. If an applicant boards a commercial conveyance to depart the United States, the transportation carriers are:

1. To remove the departure portion of the Form I-94 from the applicant’s passport.

2. Annotate the reverse of the departure portion of the Form I-94 with the facts of the applicant’s departure from the United States.

3. Return the departure portion of the Form I-94 to the nearest CBP office.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure the transportation carriers collect the applicant’s departure portion of the Form I-94. If an applicant departs the United States by way of land through Canada or Mexico, it is the applicant’s responsibility to return the departure portion of the Form I-94 to CBP prior to his/her departure.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/...ing_out_i94.xml

When you adjust status the officer may or may not take the I-94 card from you, if you do get a green card, the I-94 card is no longer needed since your status changes from Non-Immigrant to Lawful Permanent Resident.

That's what I thought. Thanks.