I-94/visa question please help me!?

Question

I came over here on a J-1 visitor exchange visa in June this year. My I-94 was due to expire in October. in september I applied for an extension of my visa- for it to be turned into a B1/2 visitor visa. However, I have not yet had a response from the government whether it has been approved, but I have decided to go back home to the UK. I dont have my origional 1-94 and I leave in 8 days. What should I do, I dont want to be banned from entering the US! please help me

Answer 1

Thank you for being conscientious. To record your departure, ask the airline rep to accept a departure record part of an I-94 with your first name, last name, date of birth and citizenship on it endorsed in the space for the admission stamp with the word "LOST."

This method of recording your departure was standard operating procedure many years ago when immigrant control was the responsibility of the Immigration & Naturalization Service. Unfortunately, Customs & Border Protection has taken the place of INS, and the current officers may not know about this procedure, and that could mean that the airline people are not familiar with it either.

As a back up, treat your lack of an I-94 as if you forgot to turn it in. I know you can't mail it because you don't have it, but you can turn in a unstamped one with your data on it. They should have some blanks on the plane.

If you did not turn in your I-94 form when leaving the U.S., please mail it together with the copies of other documents that can prove that you are no longer in the United States.

Here are examples of supporting documentation:

· The boarding pass you used to depart the United States

· Photocopies of entry or departure stamps in your passport indicating entry to another country after you departed the United States (you should copy all passport pages that are not completely blank, and include the biographical page containing your photograph)

· Dated pay slips or vouchers from your employer to indicate you were in another country after you departed the United States

· Dated bank records showing transactions to indicate you were in another country after you left the United States

· School records showing attendance at a school outside the United States to indicate you were in another country after you left the United States

· Dated credit card receipts, showing your name, but, the credit card number deleted, for purchases made after you left the United States to indicate you were in another country after leaving the United States, etc.

The address you should mail your I-94 and the supporting documentation is:

ACS-INS SBU
P.O. Box 7125
London, KY 40742-7125
USA

Answer 2

What happened to your original I-94? You should not have submitted that with your application for a B1/B2. But that should not be a problem, when you leave the US, let immigration know about it. Or when you get back to the UK, let the Embassy know that you did not have your I-94 when you left. Don't worry.