Form I-94 or I-94W Arrival Departure Record

Answer to frequently asked questions about the Form I-94 or I-94W Arrival and Departure Record from the United States.

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Answer to frequently asked questions about the Form I-94 or I-94W Arrival Departure Record. Questions and Answers about Arrival, Departure and Length allowed to stay in the U.S.

There are several types of visas depending on the purpose or type of travel. In general visas are divided in two main groups: immigrant visas and non-immigrant visas. Immigrant visas are visas that allows you to travel to live permanently in the United States and are also known as “Green Card” or “Permanent Residence”, then the other type are the non-immigrant visas that are more commonly known just as visas in general. A non-immigrant visas doesn’t give you the right to stay permanently in the U.S., these visas are issued for the purpose of one or multiple temporary short trips to travel as a visitor to the United States.  You must stay inside the U.S. only for the time allowed by the immigration officer at the point of entry as it was stamped in your passport and in your Form I-94 or I-94W if you travel with the Visa Waiver Program. It is important to understand the difference between the expiration time of the actual visa and the time allowed to stay inside the US when traveling with the visa.

A visa gives you the right to travel to the U.S. but is actually the immigration officer at the port of entry who decides if you would be admitted for entry in the United States, and for how long you are admitted to stay in the U.S. in such trip. The officer will write the date you entered the country and the latest day when you have to depart from the US in a white form called I-94, this form is used when you travel with a visa, but if you travel under the Visa Waiver Program then he will use a color green form called: I-94W. US Immigration will keep a portion of the form, and you should keep another portion with you and keep at all times during your trip with your passport.

The following are common questions about I-94 or I-94W Arrival Departure Record Visa:

• What is the form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record?
• What is the form I-94W Arrival-Departure Record?
• How do I know until what date I am allowed to stay inside the US.?
• I forgot to return my I-94 Departure Record when exiting the U.S., how can I return the I-94 to the U.S. from out of the country?
• How to find official forms and instructions?
• Requirements and instructions

Find out more information and answer to visa questions, requirements, general information about the record of arrival and departure from the U.S.

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