As a canadian who married to u.s.citizen, how to show proof of inspection/lawful admission into u.s.

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redleave

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My friend, a canadian citizen, visited his girl friend in the U.S. as a tourist. A few months later they got married and fill I-485. Recently they got an AOS interview but turned out that the immigration officer required him to provide a document of proof of inspection and lawful admission into the u.s. of his last entry into the U.S. Is it a necessary and required document for canadain citizen to prove?

It seems that there have no such requirement for canadian citizens to apply for a tourist visa before visiting the u.s. He said his passport has been scanned at the customs and the information should enter into the system at the international airport at canada. Also his passport itself has no entry stamp. it seems that my friend (canadian) has no way to provide document such as entry stamp or I-94 document to the immigration officer. Now he is so confused and have no clue where to get such document to satisfy such requirements from the immigration officer.

Please help! Is it a common issue for a canadian who married to a u.s. citizen? Does my friend need to hire an immigration lawyer for a solution?
 
Where is his boarding pass? US pre-clearance facilities at Canadian airports always stamp the boarding passes in my experience, even if they do not stamp passports.

redleave said:
He said his passport has been scanned at the customs and the information should enter into the system at the international airport at canada. Also his passport itself has no entry stamp.
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triple citizen, thank you for the help.

It was 6 months ago, he could not find his boarding pass any more. The only thing he could find out now is his e-ticket. Does my friend need to hire a lawyer to get a solution?
 
No need for a lawyer since a lawyer cannot help the situation. The USCIS adjudicator should know that most Canadian visitors to the US are never issued I-94s. What I would suggest is to write a letter detailing the date of entry, the place of entry, the admission process and attach a copy of the e-ticket. Send that as reply to the RFE. Hopefully the USCIS adjudicator will recognise the circumstances and approve the AOS.

redleave said:
It was 6 months ago, he could not find his boarding pass any more. The only thing he could find out now is his e-ticket. Does my friend need to hire a lawyer to get a solution?
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Thank you triple citizen,

Can he contact with the CBP and see whether he could retrieve the entry record from the computer system?

Is it possible that CBP could help with the document to prove his legal entry (proof of inspection)?
 
My spouse believe in legal help, so we paid big money and ask to a best local immigration firm for the solution. but we felt more confused based on the solutions the attorney provided. she suggested that we collect every the evidence with an attorney's memo, but nothing guanranteed for the result. the attorney even warned us that if the attorney's memo doesn't work, we possibly need to pay addtional $10,000 for the further solution with their help...

We felt exhausted and little bit desperated. because such entry stamp or I-94 we can't creat it ourselves. If u.s. customs don't put a stamp on the passport, we can't get it from anywhere else.

We were focus on finding a solution and forgot to check our mails. Guess what, this is the funny end, we got two letters from CIS in the coming week, one is welcome notice letter which indicates the green card will send to us in the coming 3 weeks, the other letter is the green card itself. we noticed that the letter just send to us the second day after our interview. but we received in 4-5 days. We feel upset that once cis noticed they make such low level mistake, why they can't notice us in time? by email or a phone call?

What the chaos it is!...we feel released now, but who will reimburse our attorney fee and the 7 days' nightmare?

***so there is no such a thing for a canadian to prove their legal entry. Your passport itself is a legal entry document!!***
 
That is why this Canadian entered on a K-1 visa back in 2002 and got an I-94 :)

Glad to hear it all worked out for you!!!

redleave said:
***so there is no such a thing for a canadian to prove their legal entry. Your passport itself is a legal entry document!!***
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