Admitted until what?

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AmericanWannabe

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When I entered the USA, INS wrote down something
inelligible to me on "admited until" item. What is
that? He also wrote "one month out"
 
Yup! Same illegible!!

Grr...INS handwriting is worse than a doctors!! I too have the same issue! The officer scribbled something that resembles a capital "M" and then god knows what it means!!

Any cryptographers here!!

-chatrathi
 
> When I entered the USA, INS wrote down something
> inelligible to me on "admited until" item. What is
> that? He also wrote "one month out"

Are they really entering the time that one is out of the country on passports?
 
Re: Re: Yup! Same illegible!!

Originally posted by JoeF
It is my understanding that they write "LPR" in there. With some imagination, you may be able to interpret the scribble as that ;-)
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Is is not LPR is ARC (Alien Registration Card)

When I travel last year (October/2002) They didn't put how long I was out. They only use the ARC on the "class until"
 
Sometimes they will put your A# below LPR and how long you were gone.

During the citizenship interview, they sometimes will need to check all INS stamps on your passport.

Previously, there were cases where INS couldn't determine how long you were gone if it was not noted under the INS entry stamps, so the INS interviewer will check your home country entry stamps for verifications.
 
Many countries have now switched to no stamp in passport for citizens while exiting and entering the country. One eg., is Australia. Only the person knows how long one has been outside the country. Immigration formalities take less than 30 seconds, most of which is a simple question - how was your holiday or conference. They already have this information with them and can use it catch fraudelent entries.
 
They asked me how long I stayed outside USA.
I said I left one month agao and they took my words
and wrote down "1 month out". Of course, I do
have the entry stamp on my passport printed
by my old home country. They also asked me
how I got my green card.

AT least before 9-11, PRs travel to Canada by drving
across US-Canada border do not get any stamp. No
other records either.
 
>What if you haven't kept the boarding pass for some reason?

Call the airline company or travel agency to provide records to you in advance. If airline does not provide for lack of obligation, then you threaten to boycott them.
 
AT least before 9-11, PRs travel to Canada by drving
across US-Canada border do not get any stamp. No
other records either. [/B][/QUOTE]

Same situation untill now, no stamps on either side when driving across. But it is said that a new entry system will be implemented later. As of Jan 1, people leaving or entering the US by air will need to provide more details (e.g. passport no. visa no. etc.) to INS. Does anybody know if the same thing applies to airlines in Canada as well?
 
ARC

On my passport, the immigration officer at the airport wrote "Class until ARC". I had hard time understanding the scribbled letters ARC until Joef helped me out with that. Since they mostly handwrite stuff on the passport, I guess they take liberty to write anything, such as "1 month out" etc.
 
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