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HOW TO RECORD
DEPARTURE FROM THE UNITED STATES, AFTER THE
FACT
Dear
Traveler:
If
you returned home with the DHS departure record Form I-94 (white) or Form
I-94W (green) in your passport, it means that your departure was not
recorded properly. It is your responsibility to correct this record. You
must provide the DHS sufficient information to record your timely
departure from the United States. This will close
out your earlier record of arrival to this country.
If
you do not validate a timely departure from the United States or if you cannot reasonably
prove otherwise when you next apply for admission to the
United States, the DHS
may conclude you remained in the United States beyond your
authorized stay. If this happens, the next time you apply to enter the
United States, your visa may be subject to cancellation or you may be
returned immediately to your foreign point of
origin.
In
particular, visitors who remain beyond their permitted stay in the
United States under the
Visa Waiver Program cannot reenter the United
States in the future without obtaining a
visa from a United States Consulate. If this occurs and you arrive at a
United States port of
entry seeking admission under the Visa Waiver Program without a visa,
United
States immigration officers may order
your immediate return to a foreign point of
origin.
To
validate departure, the DHS will consider a variety of information,
including, but not limited to:
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Original
boarding passes you used to depart the United
States
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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.), and
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Photocopies
of other supporting evidence, such as:
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Dated
pay slips or vouchers from your employer to indicate you worked in
another country after you departed the United
States
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Dated
bank records showing transactions to indicate you were in another
country after you left the United States
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School
records showing attendance at a school outside the United States to indicate you were in
another country after you left the United
States
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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
Your
statement will not be acceptable without supporting evidence such as noted
above.
You
must mail legible copies or original materials where possible. If you send
original materials, you should retain a copy. The DHS cannot return
original materials after processing. To help us understand the situation
and correct your records quickly, please include an explanation letter in
English. You must send your letter and enclosed information only to the
following address:
ACS
Inc.
1084 South Laurel
Rd.
London, Kentucky 40744
USA
Do
not mail your departure Form I-94 or supporting information to any United
States Consulate or Embassy, to any other DHS office in the
United
States, or to any address other than the
one above. Only at this
location are we able to make the necessary corrections to DHS records to
prevent inconvenience to you in the
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