I am a Canadian citizen and have worked in US for n years using TN. Lately my H1-B got approved. However, on the I-797 approval notice (the I-94 part) my citizenship is marked as China (Country of Birth) instead Canada (citizenship). I wonder if this need to be corrected or not. If yes, anyone know how and how long does it take roughly?
I-94 shows wrong citizenship
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i know what you go through. i had the same problem. problem is easy to solve as long as the visa error was from their end. check the copies you have make sure the form was correct when you mailed it. send a copy along with your passport copy and the approval notice copy. write a cover letter indicating the error and ask for the corrected version. i got mine fixed in a month.
Thanks for reply! I heard that I can do it in an USCIS local office because it was their mistake. That should be fairly staightforward I guess. Otherwise, if it is more complicated and takes longer, I would rather live with the error. We have to turn it in when I leave North America anyway. And I think no one from the airline will pay too much attention to the small error. I know if I return my current I-94 to USCIS by mail now, it will most likely disappear.
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i even tried that when they made the same mistake on my I-94 and approval. guess what, most people on this site know a lot more about immigration process than those guys behind the window. when i went there, i gave my passport and she looked at it like it was the first time she was seeing a Canadian passport. she turns back to me and says: "how do i know you are Canadian?" i replied "how do i know you are not Mexican?" she wasn't happy and i was pushing my luck. any how, the best answer is that you mail a copy of the i94 you recieved along with a copy of the i129 that shows you filled the forms correctly and simply ask them to correct the error. believe me, i tried it all and i talked to top nutch lawyers. mailing was the best way.
