Should i detach I-94 from I-797A??

[gagarli]

Do i need to detach I-94 from I-797A and surrender at airport before leaving US????

[livliv]

Yes.

[userone]

Please do not touch the I-94 in I-797A. When you leave the airport, it is always recommended that you submit the one in your passport. If you are planning to go for a visa stamping, it is required that you submit the approved petition with the I-94 card to prove your status. If you are not planning for a visa stamping and wish to go out of country and return back, then surrender your I-94 card in passport to the airline official, when you return fill out a new I-94 Arrival/Departure card and to POE Inspector, please hand over both the I-797A form and the newly entered I-94 form. Usually the POE Inspector will not tear the one in the I-797A form, rather punches the I-94 card which you filled in and staples to your passport.

Hope this helps.

[livliv]

The above is wrong. All I-94's should be submitted. I have myself done it, applied for Visa and returned to US without any problem. Read the approval notice, it clearly states that bottom I-94 should be attached to previous I-94's.

[livliv]

To add, the reason why POE inspection officer must have torn it from the approval notice is that it should have been submitted to the airline when leaving the US in the first place.

[gagarli]

i got an email from US Consulate in canada stating that "Do not surrender I-94 attached to I-797A" at airport before leaving US.

I then contacted my attorner and she said "Don't surrender I-94"...

I have interview in canada next week,what should i do?

[JoeF]

For travel to Canada (or Mexico) for less than 30 days, you don't surrender the I-94. That's an exception to the rule.