APPENDIX 15-10:
How to Record Departure from the United States, After the Fact
Dear Traveler:
If you returned home with your Department of Homeland Security (DHS) departure
record Form I-94 (white) or Form I-94W (green) in your passport, it means that
your departure was not recorded properly. It is your responsibility to
correct this record. You must provide the DHS sufficient information so we
can record your timely departure from the United States. This will close out
your earlier record of arrival to this country.
If you do not validate a timely departure from the United States, or if you
cannot reasonably prove otherwise when you next apply for admission to the
United States, the DHS may conclude you remained in the United States beyond
your authorized stay. If this happens, the next time you apply to enter the
United States, your visa may be subject to cancellation or you may be returned
immediately to your foreign point of origin.
In particular, visitors who remain beyond their permitted stay in the United
States under the Visa Waiver Program cannot reenter the United States in the
future without obtaining a visa from a United States Consulate. If this
occurs and you arrive at a United States port-of-entry seeking admission under
the Visa Waiver Program without a visa, United States immigration officers may
order your immediate return to a foreign point of origin.
To validate departure, the DHS will consider a variety of information,
including, but not limited to:
· Original boarding passes you used to depart the United States
· Photocopies of entry or departure stamps in your passport
indicating entry to another country after you departed the United States (you
should copy all passport pages that are not completely blank, and include the
biographical page containing your photograph.), and
· Photocopies of other supporting evidence, such as:
- Dated pay slips or vouchers from your employer to indicate you
worked in another country after you departed the United States
- Dated bank records showing transactions to indicate you were in
another country after you left the United States
- School records showing attendance at a school outside the United
States to indicate you were in another country after you left the United
States
- Dated credit card receipts, showing your name, but, the credit card
number deleted, for purchases made after you left the United States to
indicate you were in another country after leaving the United States
Your statement will not be acceptable without supporting evidence such as
noted above.
You must mail legible copies or original materials where possible. If you
send original materials, you should retain a copy. The DHS cannot return
original materials after processing. To help us understand the situation and
correct your records quickly, please include an explanation letter in English.
You must send your letter and enclosed information only to the following
address:
ACS – INS SBU
P.O. Box 7125
London, KY 40742-7125
USA
Do not mail your departure Form I-94 or supporting information to any United
States Consulate or Embassy, to any other DHS office in the United States, or
to any address other than the one above. Only at this location are we able to
make the necessary corrections to DHS records to prevent inconvenience to you
in the future.
(Rev. IN02-39)
中文翻译
亲爱的旅行者:
当您离开美国回您的祖国时,如果您忘了将您护照里的白色离境卡I- 94W卡交还给国土安
全部的话,那代表您的离境没有被准确地记录下来。更正您的离境记录是您的责任。您必
须提供给国土安全部有效的材料以便国土安全部能更正您的离境记录,那么您在国土安全
部就有一个完整的出入美国境的记录。
如果您没有一个有效的离境、或者无法合理的证明您曾经准时离境,那么在您下次申请入
境美国时,国土安全部将会认为您曾滞留美国没有准时离境。当这种情况发生时,您的签
证将会被取消,同时您将会被要求立即返回原地。
如果您是通过免签证协议来美国的旅行者,并且曾停留超过所批准的时间,那么当您下次
来美国时必须先去美国使馆申请签证。如果上次您已滞留,而这次您又来到美国入境口岸
试图根据免签协议在未办签证的情况下进入美国,美国国土安全部官员将会命令您立即返
回原地。
申请补办离境记录时,国土安全部将会考虑及接受各种各样的证明材料,其中包括,不仅
仅局限于下列资料:
离开美国时所使用的登机牌原件
您护照里盖有离开美国后出入其他国家的出入境章(请提供空白页除外的整本护照复印件
,包括含有相片的个人资料页)
其他证明材料的复印件,例如:
雇主发给您的带有日期的工资单或凭证以证明离开美国后在其他国家工作
带有日期的银行帐务往来以证明您已离开美国在其他国家居住
学校的考勤记录证明您离开美国后在美国以外的学校上课
带有日期的信用卡使用收据,请保留您的名字,但是删除信用卡号码以证明您离开美国后
在其他国家居住
如果您没有提供以上证明材料,您的申请将不被接受。
您必须邮寄您申请材料的原件,如无法提供原件请提供复印件。如果您邮寄的是原件的话
,请自己保留一份复印件。国土安全部将不退还所有材料。为了帮助我们更快地了解情况
和更改您的记录,请用英文写一份说明书。您必须将您的说明书以及其它材料邮寄至以下
地址
ACS - INS SBU
P.O. BOX 7125
LONDON, KY 40742-7125
USA
切记:不要将您的离境卡及其它证明材料邮寄去任何美国使领馆、任何国土安全部的办公
地点或除上述地址以外的任何地址。只有在上述地址收到您的材料后才能更正您的离境记
录以避免您将来入境美国时有可能遇到的不便。