I 94 Date

[Ronaldo7]

Hi Guys,

              I am in a tricky situation and hoping someone can give me a way out of it. I recently traveled on a international trip and while coming back the CBP officer looked at my current I 797 which is valid till Jul 22 -2018 and gave the I 94 with expiry date of Jul 22 -2018. I already had my I 797 Extension approved till Jul 22-2021 and told him to look at it but he did not even look at it. Now I 94 online has Jul 22-2018 expiry date and not the one from the New I 797. After talking to my lawyer he told me to reach out to CBP local office which i did and they asked me for my documents which i did fax it and was informed they would need atleast 8 weeks to make any decision on this. I am now confused as my lawyer isn't sure if the I 94 from the New I 797 is the valid one or the one i got when i returned back to the US. has anyone been in this position before? Do the CBP Deferred locations correct this kind of error? 

[Nani_H1b]

Hi

You don't have much time to wait until CBP officer replies. If you have all documents I say go for stamping and come back then you are all set.

 

[pontevecchio]

Call the CBP Office and very politely ask them for an appointment to correct the dates on an incorrectly dated I94.

Are you sure you showed him the latest petition and in that case why did you show him any previous petition. ?.

[Ronaldo7]

I was under impression that my I 94 on the New I 797 takes precedence than the I 94 given at the immigration but then i realized it and was trying to hand him over the new I 797 saying i got extension till 2021 but he said the current I 797(valid till Jul 22-2018) was the one he should be looking at. i just got a call from the CBP office saying that he cannot correct the I 94 expiry date as its not an error from the CBP officer and said i have 2 options now 1. either go out of country and get stamping done or 2. file an extension. I am running it through my immigration lawyer now to see what would be the best option :|.