hyderabaddesi Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hello Gurus, This is my first post in this forum. I hope my question will be answered and I thank in advance. I (H1B) and my wife (H4) entered US on 05-Nov-2009 and I-94's given until 09/20/2011 as per my earlier first H1B. (No issues here) I and my wife applied for H1B and H4 extensions in July 2011 and both got the extensions for three years each starting 09/21/2011 (next day after the expiration date on the I-94's given at POE) to 09/20/2014. However, my wife's new I-94 (on the extended H4 I-797) MATCHES to that of the old I-94 one given at POE on 05-Nov-2009. But, problem is with my new I-94 (on the extented H1B I-797) DOES NOT match witht he old I-94 given at the POE on 05-Nov-2009. My OLD I-94: XXXXX2XXX XX My NEW I-94: XXXXX3XXX XX All numbers are same except one number as shown above. I think this is a typo. What should I do to fix this? I am expecting my PD to be current in the March VB. Does this create any issues? I read in some forums, some say need not worry that it's not mandatory that old and new I-94's should match as in my case and some say I should have this fixed by the near CBP location. I am very confused and worried. Please advice me. Thanks in advance! Link to comment
hyderabaddesi Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hello, anybody care to answer? Please advise! I browsed many websites but not able to find similar situation. Any help is much appreciated. Link to comment
hyderabaddesi Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hi All, An Update: I talked to my company attorney and she says this is odd and she will get in touch with USCIS to fix the I-94 number. Even she thinks it's a typo and should be corrected. She says it might take anywhere around 1-2 Months to have them fix this. I read that we can approach the local CBP office and explain them and have them fix the I-94 since it's their mistake. I am worried if this can cause any issues during the I-485 filing. Any iputs are appreciated guyz. Thanks. Link to comment
dinesh_hyd Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I also had the same issue during my H1B extension recently. I informed my employer about it and my employer called USCIS and USCIS reliazed its their mistake by re-verifying the I-94 entered in the application form then they sent an amemded approval notice(Hard Copy) in one week after the called. Link to comment
Chitown01 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Your attorney shoud contact USCIS and they can fix the issue and re-issue a new one... Go to local CBP and see what they say... did u ask your attorney about it.? Link to comment
hyderabaddesi Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Thank you very much for the responses dinesh_hyd and Chitown01. That cetainly helped. Update: I called USCIS and talked to a representative, she confirmed that the numbers on OLD and NEW I-94's MUST infact match. She said that me or my attorney can initiate the request for USCIS to fix this. I prefer my attorney to handle this instead of myself. I already told my attorney and she said she will take care of this. Dinesh_Hyd is right, they said the same thing, the will correct the error and send the amended/corrected H1B I-797 to my attorney in 7-10 days. Hope this helps anyone who is in the same situation as I am. Thanks Guyz. Link to comment
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