How screwed are we?

[LoveinUganda 20]

Long story short as I am getting ready to go drive to Boston airport.

---No stamp in passport that shows I-94 number for k1 visa

--No record at all that fiance has come here legally on the k1 visa (according to border control or w/e they call themselves)

--Me and then fiance are now married.

They stated due to having no record of us entering the country legally that the 90 days to get married hasn't even officially started, the problem is we've already gotten married after being in the USA for 2 weeks.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Did you look for the online I-94?

[LoveinUganda 20]

Yes just like everything else it doesnt exist.

[MASH 172]

How did you and your wife come to the states?

[Alaska2012 462]

Did the fiance arrive by air?

[LoveinUganda 20]

arrived by air yes. I had gone over to Uganda to be with her as she said goodbye to family and friends spent the month there in uganda and had gone to kenya with her as well for medical etc etc. we did everything the proper way.

We flew into Boston, went through immigration lines, guy took out our sealed envelope asked us questions put just an entry stamp with no number or anything in the passport.

Now that times come for us to fill out paperwork (AOS) now that were married and the I-94 is something we need so we spent all morning talking to different defered immigration officers, whove confirmed there's nothing at all in any system whatsoever with us coming to the USA

my worries is if they start the K1 visa now once this all gets fixed if it does were now married so it'd be an invalid visa. Man this is stressful

[Pitaya 2,577]

You have been having some trouble with finding your electronic I-94 for some time. Suggest that you go to a CBP Deferred Inspection station with whatever documentation you have and get it straightened out. There have been several forum reports of misspelling, omission, confusion with people's names on the electronic I-94.

http://www.cbp.gov/contact/deferred-inspection/overview-deferred-inspection

You will need a copy of I-94 for further AOS processing.

HTH.

~Moved from K1 Process to Moving & Traveling During US Immigration Forum~

~Similar topics are often discussed at this forum, past K1~

[LoveinUganda 20]

To apply for a marriage visa shed need to go back to her country while its processing I'm pretty sure. We are headed to an office a few hours away to see if this can get resolved

[newacct 688]

You said she has an entry stamp so that proves she entered legally. The question is what status she was admitted into. The only obvious answer would be K1. Maybe they spelled her name wrong on the I-94 so you can't find it, or maybe they forgot to enter it into the system at all. They will probably sort it out when you go to the CBP deferred inspection office.

In the worst case, even if somehow she is not considered to be in K1 status (and I cannot imagine any conceivable way that could be), she could still AOS here by you filing an additional I-130, because she entered legally (and has proof).

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

100% agree with newacct.

They should be able to sort it out at the deferred inspection, BUT even if they can't, she has a stamp in her passport proving legal entry & she is married to you. Worse case scenario, you AOS by filing an extra I-130.

[Cathi 5,748]

You said she has an entry stamp so that proves she entered legally. The question is what status she was admitted into. The only obvious answer would be K1. Maybe they spelled her name wrong on the I-94 so you can't find it, or maybe they forgot to enter it into the system at all. They will probably sort it out when you go to the CBP deferred inspection office.

In the worst case, even if somehow she is not considered to be in K1 status (and I cannot imagine any conceivable way that could be), she could still AOS here by you filing an additional I-130, because she entered legally (and has proof).

I was thinking the same thing. even though you cannot find the I94 in the system she still has a stamp in her passport proving she entered legally. Best bet is to go to CBP with her passport and a copy of her boarding passes for the day she entered.

[UnaMexicana 153]

Where is the boarding pass? Do you still have it? That and the stamp in the passport should help you.

Pls keep us posted.

[aurpol 17]

The airline tickets, the stamp on the passport, and the boarding pass are your proofs of entry. Try to retrieve your I-94 online (cbp website). If its say that its NOT found, email the the detail of your entry and your information so that they may provide you the I-94. Better yet, go to the nearest CBP Inspection site near you and bring all the docs. During my AOS, the IO asked first for my passport but since I dont have it anymore, I gave the I-94 which he asked in lieu of the PP and took it. I guess he was just after confirming that I legally enter here (stamp on the PP). Get your I-94 to be sure though.

[Jawaree 717]

Can you get anything from the airline, do you have the boarding pass?

guess she could now adjust here

[Pinkrlion 2,719]

We had the same problem with MIL entry, we took passport, boarding pass and copy of ticket to CBP. It took us a week to wait, cause they only have one day a week to walk in to fix the I-94, and then it took them an hour to fix it.