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From: blond on 21 Oct 2006 16:54
Hi all,

I have to visit the US on a business trip in the near future. On my
last trip to the US back in 1999, I forgot to return my I-94 form. I
just learned that this will cause trouble a week ago. In the meantime I
collected all proof I have of my departure and put it in the mail.
However they say that processing may take up to four months and I will
arrive in the US just one month from now. So there is a high
probability that my letter won't be processed in time.
Now my question is: What is the worst thing that can happen to me? Is
it like being denied entry to the US, which would be bad enough but my
boss would surely have me face that risk. Or is it possible I get into
real trouble on arrival?

Blondie

From: sechumlib on 21 Oct 2006 20:34
On 2006-10-21 16:54:42 -0400, blond(a)habmalnefrage.de said:

> Hi all,
>
> I have to visit the US on a business trip in the near future. On my
> last trip to the US back in 1999, I forgot to return my I-94 form. I
> just learned that this will cause trouble a week ago. In the meantime I
> collected all proof I have of my departure and put it in the mail.
> However they say that processing may take up to four months and I will
> arrive in the US just one month from now. So there is a high
> probability that my letter won't be processed in time.
> Now my question is: What is the worst thing that can happen to me? Is
> it like being denied entry to the US, which would be bad enough but my
> boss would surely have me face that risk. Or is it possible I get into
> real trouble on arrival?

And what is an I-94? I've lived in the US for my entire 71-year life,
and don't have a clue. The only thing with that ID that I know of is a
freeway in the northern part of the country.

From: Frank F. Matthews on 22 Oct 2006 00:00


sechumlib wrote:
> On 2006-10-21 16:54:42 -0400, blond(a)habmalnefrage.de said:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have to visit the US on a business trip in the near future. On my
>> last trip to the US back in 1999, I forgot to return my I-94 form. I
>> just learned that this will cause trouble a week ago. In the meantime I
>> collected all proof I have of my departure and put it in the mail.
>> However they say that processing may take up to four months and I will
>> arrive in the US just one month from now. So there is a high
>> probability that my letter won't be processed in time.
>> Now my question is: What is the worst thing that can happen to me? Is
>> it like being denied entry to the US, which would be bad enough but my
>> boss would surely have me face that risk. Or is it possible I get into
>> real trouble on arrival?
>
>
> And what is an I-94? I've lived in the US for my entire 71-year life,
> and don't have a clue. The only thing with that ID that I know of is a
> freeway in the northern part of the country.
>

An I94 form is an immigration form for visitors to the US. It is issued
upon arrival and is suppose to be returned on departure so that the
departure is documented in the system. The lack of an I 94 can be taken
by the US immigration as evidence that you have overstayed with
undesirable consequences.
From: Question Mark on 22 Oct 2006 04:42

<blond(a)habmalnefrage.de> wrote in message
news:1161464082.425682.190100(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have to visit the US on a business trip in the near future. On my
> last trip to the US back in 1999, I forgot to return my I-94 form. I
> just learned that this will cause trouble a week ago. In the meantime I
> collected all proof I have of my departure and put it in the mail.
> However they say that processing may take up to four months and I will
> arrive in the US just one month from now. So there is a high
> probability that my letter won't be processed in time.
> Now my question is: What is the worst thing that can happen to me? Is
> it like being denied entry to the US, which would be bad enough but my
> boss would surely have me face that risk. Or is it possible I get into
> real trouble on arrival?
>
> Blondie
>

Which country were/are you travelling to the US from ?


From: tim(yet another new home) on 22 Oct 2006 05:11

"Frank F. Matthews" <frankfmatthews(a)houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:B1C_g.706$GR2.185(a)tornado.texas.rr.com...
>
>
> sechumlib wrote:
>> On 2006-10-21 16:54:42 -0400, blond(a)habmalnefrage.de said:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have to visit the US on a business trip in the near future. On my
>>> last trip to the US back in 1999, I forgot to return my I-94 form. I
>>> just learned that this will cause trouble a week ago. In the meantime I
>>> collected all proof I have of my departure and put it in the mail.
>>> However they say that processing may take up to four months and I will
>>> arrive in the US just one month from now. So there is a high
>>> probability that my letter won't be processed in time.
>>> Now my question is: What is the worst thing that can happen to me? Is
>>> it like being denied entry to the US, which would be bad enough but my
>>> boss would surely have me face that risk. Or is it possible I get into
>>> real trouble on arrival?
>>
>>
>> And what is an I-94? I've lived in the US for my entire 71-year life, and
>> don't have a clue. The only thing with that ID that I know of is a
>> freeway in the northern part of the country.
>>
>
> An I94 form is an immigration form for visitors to the US. It is issued
> upon arrival and is suppose to be returned on departure so that the
> departure is documented in the system. The lack of an I 94 can be taken
> by the US immigration as evidence that you have overstayed with
> undesirable consequences.

I doubt very much that this is the normal asumption.
I imagine that a very large majority of uncollated forms
are ones either not returned by departing pax or 'lost'
by the airline.

Personally, I would bet that the Authorities do absolutely
nothing to discover the whereabouts of a person asociated
with an uncollated form. The possibility of this resulting
in a useful 'result' is a lottery win figure.

To the OP. Did you 'check out' at the machines?
What? You didn't work out for yourself that you had to check
out at a Machine! (No, neither did I!)

tim


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