Passport Stamps or I 94

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

1 hour ago, Abc123456 said:

 

And mods on here are a joke, no wonder this site is seen as trash on other forums.

Ouch

 

And there are other forums..? 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, Abc123456 said:

 

And mods on here are a joke, no wonder this site is seen as trash on other forums.

Yet you still hang around, rather than using your valuable time on these mysterious “other forums”  lol

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

9 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

https://www.khurgel.com/i-94s-passport-stamps-and-periods-of-admission-what-does-it-all-mean-the-importance-of-understanding-how-long-you-can-remain-in-the-u-s/

 

Here is the link directly to my attorneys page. Hopefully they don't suspend my account for posting a link to try and help you out. The Admin here might think I am trying to advertise. So as a disclaimer... I am not advertising for or recommending this attorney. I am posting this link to help a fellow VJ'r.

Attorneys aren’t always correct on everything. For example there are a number of attorney websites that have published incorrect information about the process of the diversity visa. Plus as above, I know of at least 2 cases that the I94 rather than the stamp has been corrected.  Nothing wrong with sharing attorney advice, but always with a disclaimer that they can also be wrong!

[Loren Y 2,753]

5 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Attorneys aren’t always correct on everything. For example there are a number of attorney websites that have published incorrect information about the process of the diversity visa. Plus as above, I know of at least 2 cases that the I94 rather than the stamp has been corrected.  Nothing wrong with sharing attorney advice, but always with a disclaimer that they can also be wrong!

True, I called him to double check, but he could be wrong. I texted my friend from high school who is a CBP officer and works in the San Ysidro, CA border crossing, he is going to check and call me back later tonight after his shift. Considering he works the Busiest land crossing in the united states, I will have more information to post before I go to work at 4am tomorrow after I hear back from him. Once again, he could be wrong, but considering he is one of the people the does the stamping of passports, he would know, so we will see what he chimes in with. I think he hates me because since I started this K1 thing I am always asking about POE policies, things he has seen, and he has more stories than needed to write a book. Obviously he doesn't write the laws or make them, but he does enforce them, so hopefully he knows what he is doing.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

In the very simplest of examples, I94s can be incorrect and need to be fixed sometimes...

 https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1683/~/i-94-automation---admitted-to-u.s.-with-wrong-information

 

I also seem to recall the online i94 record has a disclaimer that the information may not be accurate? Not sure if this is same site OP is referring to though.

 

They can stress about it or they can visit a CBP office and settle it. Simple. 

Edited April 18, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[randomstairs 290]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

In the very simplest of examples, I94s can be incorrect and need to be fixed sometimes...

 https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1683/~/i-94-automation---admitted-to-u.s.-with-wrong-information

 

I also seem to recall the online i94 record has a disclaimer that the information may not be accurate? Not sure if this is same site OP is referring to though.

 

They can stress about it or they can visit a CBP office and settle it. Simple. 

Be careful with posting links directly from CBP because some users here may call you an "idiot" for doing so, as apparently they have more knowledge and experience with CBP than the CBP itself. 

[Loren Y 2,753]

Heard back from my CBP friend in San Diego. He said you should lean towards the stamp for the exit date. He did stay that legally the I94 is the control, and if there was an issue it is what will be used to decide if you overstay. The stamp is given based on what the POE officer sees in the computer. Now mind you they do not have very long to look at all the information, but he says after about the first 100,000 times you get pretty good at skimming the computer screen. Maybe your parents have stayed more than the average number of days based on when the visa was issued, or many another things that could cause the CO to adjust the stay. He said you should definitely try and get it clarified, and they will more than likely adjust the I94 to your stamp date. He said by default the I94 will issue the full term of the stay ( 6 Months in this case), but as another poster had said earlier it could cause problems in the future when you next visit. Even though you legally didn't overstay the visa based on the I94 in the system, you " Overstayed" the stamp that was given. While you could obviously fight this and win the case hands down, is it really worth all the aggravation you may run into on your next visit. Even if it is in the computer as 6 Months, you will still have the physical entry and exit stamps in your passport, and from that it will look like an overstay, at the minimum you will be in secondary on your next visit, so his advice is to definitely get it corrected, or make sure you leave before the stamped date. That is his 2 cents on the matter, so I would get it clarified rather than risk problems in the future. He suggested you bring proof of the plane ticket you bought and explain why you used the date you did ( Based on the I-94 record) and if you can't change they date they may adjust your I-94 to the date on the ticket so you don't have to buy a new ticket. He says as bad a rep as they sometimes get, they are just people doing their jobs, and they are usually reasonable when it comes to these things and will try to make a fair judgement on this matter. So, I would get it checked out just to avoid any future issues.

[MacUK 983]

On 18/04/2018 at 2:09 AM, WeGuyGal said:

Ouch

 

And there are other forums..? 

Thems would be all those upstanding and honourable forums that have no problem promoting fraud and misrep 😀