Re entry experience Miami POE

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carlos777

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Last week, I was in the Visitor Line, and prepared to go the "room" to the second "screen", but in this time the IO only asked me where I went, he said OK. He fingerprinted me and took a picture, and stamped my passport, giving me my I-94 as B-2 for 6 months.
I told him about my asylee status without GC saying that the previous time I was sent to a room for a second screen, and show him the previous stamp but he told me "this time no, welcome back".
I will travel the next week abroad because my job, but bottom line for me: " Each IO acts base on his/her best knowledge" .
Any other similar experience?
The next time I will be sent to the "room" for sure. Confused
 
Not only that, over the stamp he put B-2 which is Tourist, isn't it?
Also, he spoke my natve language, so there is no way to any misunderstanding
 
Extrangeee !!!!!!!!! 6 months ???? The stamp should state asylee persuant of section 212 (I am not sure of the code), ................ with an indefinate stay, and the primary officer never has those stamps, that is why were are always sent to the 2nd screening.

Find out exactly what happened, I guess the IO made a mistake.
 
He made a mistake, therefore I expalined to him about my previous trip when I was sent to a 2nd inspeccion and also show him my previous stamp. ????? but he said No.
 
this is a serious mistake made by I/O. you should get it corrected. By the way why you were traveling on passport and not on Refugee travel document. He should have stamped on RTD.
 
Where can I correct it?
By the way, I am traveling abroad the next week, so I donno if I have to correct it.
 
I had the same issue

Hi everyone,

The last time I traveled abroad, I entered via Chicago. The IO stamped my RTD without sending me to the second screening station. He stamped and dated the RTD and the I-94 with the expiry date of the RTD itself.

I really didn't pay any attention to this issue before and did nothing about it. Do I need to panic for this issue?
 
One year ago I was coming back from Europe and an officer stamped my RTD with the admission stamp 1711 and he didn't have me go through the secondary inspection. The next time I was coming back the guy in the secondary inspection room looked at that stamp for a few minutes trying to understand how could someone possibly put this stamp on RTD. Then he told me that I should have told this idiot what to do because I probably knew more than he did. SO I wouldn't worry much about those mistakes.
 
I guess you can do 2 things:

1. Go to an InfoPass Appoitnment.

OR

2. Go to the Immigration office in your area and try to talk to an officer to explain what exactly happened.

Also I dont think anything wrong can happen, because that is a mistake that they made, but it is important to have the I-94 stamped with the asylee code.
 
Minsk said:
One year ago I was coming back from Europe and an officer stamped my RTD with the admission stamp 1711 and he didn't have me go through the secondary inspection. The next time I was coming back the guy in the secondary inspection room looked at that stamp for a few minutes trying to understand how could someone possibly put this stamp on RTD. Then he told me that I should have told this idiot what to do because I probably knew more than he did. SO I wouldn't worry much about those mistakes.
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Honestly,
They do not know what they are doing. That is why you have to tell them what to do sometimes because some of these IO are seriously misinformed about what they are supposed to do. You do have to tell them that you need to get the correct stamp and make sure that they stamp your document correctly there and then otherwise it MAY turn into a headache if you need to show proof of employment, or if you want to use I-94 to show proof of asylee status, etc. However, I do agree that in most cases this should not be an issue...
 
Most of these front line I/O's are just high school graduates earning 24-28K per year. (seriously! go to their website and look for entry level I/O's salary). They do not know intricate details of immigration law neither do they have any vested interest in learning about immigration law.
 
Lazerthegreat said:
Most of these front line I/O's are just high school graduates earning 24-28K per year. (seriously! go to their website and look for entry level I/O's salary). They do not know intricate details of immigration law neither do they have any vested interest in learning about immigration law.
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The problem is that you can't really tell an officer what is the law. Even though we as immigrants know more about their laws, its a big no no to correct them. For instance, last time I entered, the guy was like "well since you have a RTD, I have to spend more time with you"...I mean it was a U.S Issued document so they are saying that they dont trust their own document? If i had a NP, it was all ok?....anyways all we can do is GRIN and Bare it!

The funny thing is even if you become a U.S Citizen, you will still see officers asking you weird questions. My cousin who is born here came back from spain and the guy asks him "How long have you been in this country"..ahem helloo wake up..born here! yoo hoo!!

SO just chill and if they ask you to jump up and down..just jump up and down..you can't do anything but to oblige!
 
newORLEANS said:
Hi everyone,

The last time I traveled abroad, I entered via Chicago. The IO stamped my RTD without sending me to the second screening station. He stamped and dated the RTD and the I-94 with the expiry date of the RTD itself.

I really didn't pay any attention to this issue before and did nothing about it. Do I need to panic for this issue?
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No problem.Chill down
 
wantmygcnow said:
The problem is that you can't really tell an officer what is the law. Even though we as immigrants know more about their laws, its a big no no to correct them. For instance, last time I entered, the guy was like "well since you have a RTD, I have to spend more time with you"...I mean it was a U.S Issued document so they are saying that they dont trust their own document? If i had a NP, it was all ok?....anyways all we can do is GRIN and Bare it!

The funny thing is even if you become a U.S Citizen, you will still see officers asking you weird questions. My cousin who is born here came back from spain and the guy asks him "How long have you been in this country"..ahem helloo wake up..born here! yoo hoo!!

SO just chill and if they ask you to jump up and down..just jump up and down..you can't do anything but to oblige!
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yeah I think its a good idea to avoid confrontation!
 
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