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ukulele

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A friend of mine who is an asylee (granted in 1999; applied for adjustment in may 2000) just came back from a trip to Asia and upon his return through the SF airport, he had to wait in a room for his asylum stamp on the I-94. The officer then asked him if he has applied for I-485, which he answered yes. The officer then said that, "well, you know if you leave the country, your receipt date starts again from today (not may 2000), so you have to wait longer for your green card." My friend figured he was just trying to be an authoritative ass, so he decided to not say anything.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Please tell me this officer was just smoking crack.
 
The exact same thing happened to me in SF airport about 3 years ago. Total nonsense. I have since gotten the GC and what the officer told me (and your friend) is 100% wrong. I did the same thing your friend did and just ignored him.
 
wait, I have a better one: an officer at JFK asked me: "How come you don't have your Green Card yet?" I almost fell off my chair...He was a nice guy, but let's face it - the system is so complicated, border officers cannot possibly know all ins and outs...which is not to say they should be jerks and scare people with information they don't know, but a lot of people get a lot into their heads when they put on a uniform. As you may have noticed since you are all asylees, i.e. coming from places where this is common. Uh, I had too much espresso today, I'lls hut up...
 
That officer like many more i`m afraid to say is so ignorant about immigration policies and procedures,Just disregard him, he just didn`t know what he was talking about.
 
ukulele said:
A friend of mine who is an asylee (granted in 1999; applied for adjustment in may 2000) just came back from a trip to Asia and upon his return through the SF airport, he had to wait in a room for his asylum stamp on the I-94. The officer then asked him if he has applied for I-485, which he answered yes. The officer then said that, "well, you know if you leave the country, your receipt date starts again from today (not may 2000), so you have to wait longer for your green card." My friend figured he was just trying to be an authoritative ass, so he decided to not say anything.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Please tell me this officer was just smoking crack.
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To borrow a famous quote, tell him to shove it.
 
I came back from europe trip through SFO and did not have this type of conversation.
 
About 3 years ago, I was coming to the US through KFK, and there was this very rude immigration officer that was harassing everyone. He asked me if I went to my country, I said no. Then he asked me why not? I said that as an asylee I could not go. Then he asked me in a very mean, "who told you that?" I was very tired and very pissed so I also got mean and told me in a very sarcastic way that I just did not want to go to my country, do you have a problem with that. Then he says, "what are you doing in this country? why don't you go back to your country?" I just ignored him, but he kept saying shit! Finally he stamped my RTD, but did not give me the I-94. I went back to him and told him that you did not give me my I-94, he said that I did not need it. I was so sick of him that I just left without getting the I-94. That has been the worst experience that I have ever had with immigration. Since then, I don't fly through New York!

Gino
 
Gino,which I-94 are you talking about.do we get any new I-94 when we get back from abroad?
Do we have to take our "Asylum granted" stamped I-94 with us?

Thanks
 
Gebre, Yeh, when you leave the country, they take your I-94 with asylum stamp from you at the counter. When you come back, they give you a new I-94 with the asylum stamp. If you are leaving the country, you should take your I-94 along with the RTD with you. Otherwise, they won't let you leave the country.

Gino
 
gino,
I have left the US on several occassions without taking my I-94.
What they do when I return (through SFO always), is that they stamp the RTD with the "Admitted to the US on mm/dd/yyyy, Valid Indefinitely...blah..blah..blah" on one of the RTD page.

One time I came back on the same RTD, the officer just looked at the previous stamp and give a new stamp with the same exact thing, the only difference is the date (mm/dd/yyyy). ANd then infront of the word "Admitted", he hand-wrote the words "Re". So it said "ReAdmitted".

So, am I in trouble because I never bring my I-94 when I left the country? They still allow me to leave the country though. And when I came back nobody asked.

The only complaint with RTD with those airline ticket counters is that they seem to be confused with processing RTD for boarding. I guess all the machinery there is designed only with US passport in mind. My child has a US passport and it always took seconds to process her passport. With my RTD, it could take up to 10 minutes or 15 minutes sometimes. Usually there is only one person in the team that knows how to process it and they have to manually enter some info by hand. So if you get a worker who doesn't know, she or he has to ask the one who knows...

lee_haircut5
 
Lee,

Well, I have traveled many times with my RTD, and every time they have asked me for my I-94. I was told that it was better to give them the I-94 before leaving the coutry, as that used to be the only way to take track of the people who left the country. I traveled out of the country two months ago, they scanned my RTD and took my I-94 away. Since things are different these days, I would give them I-94 before leaving the country, just in case. By the way, I enter the US through the east coast airports.

Gino
 
Gino, YOu don't need to surrender your I-94. I come through washington d.c or pittsburgh and ONLY at pittsburgh if I show them the old i-94.he looks at it and stamps my passport without issuing me a new i-94.

it depends on every port of entry..
 
Hey wantmygcnow, don't you have to fill out the I-94 arrival card when you enter the US? So, when you fell that out, they keep part of the form and give the other part to you. That was my understanding, I maybe wrong!

Gino
 
I also have my original i94, nobody asked for it when I left thru SFO nor they gave me a new one.
 
ukulele said:
A friend of mine who is an asylee (granted in 1999; applied for adjustment in may 2000) just came back from a trip to Asia and upon his return through the SF airport, he had to wait in a room for his asylum stamp on the I-94. The officer then asked him if he has applied for I-485, which he answered yes. The officer then said that, "well, you know if you leave the country, your receipt date starts again from today (not may 2000), so you have to wait longer for your green card." My friend figured he was just trying to be an authoritative ass, so he decided to not say anything.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Please tell me this officer was just smoking crack.
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officer was right :o
 
SINNERSROOM said:
officer was right :o
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hmm, I had the similar issue. I left in 99 before filing and came back and filed for I-485. My congresmen check my case last year and I'm on schedule to be processed in this group (this year). Will updated you ... What happened to your friend? They did ask me why I didn't file and I gave a valid reson (waiting for my lawyer) and they let me go. Also, I went for vacation in 2002 and everything was OK.
 
nofreedom said:
hmm, I had the similar issue. I left in 99 before filing and came back and filed for I-485. My congresmen check my case last year and I'm on schedule to be processed in this group (this year). Will updated you ... What happened to your friend? They did ask me why I didn't file and I gave a valid reson (waiting for my lawyer) and they let me go. Also, I went for vacation in 2002 and everything was OK.
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U have different situation u filed i485 after trip and probably congressmans pressure was effective:)
 
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