Urgent Question on I-94. Please Help.

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wdyaoj

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I’ll be leaving USA for my CP interview this week, and I have some questions for I-94:

1. When departing in airport, will my I-94 be taken off from my passport in airline check-in counter?
2. Actually my I-94 in passport has expired last month, but I have a new I-94 in my H1B transfer approval. Do I need to detach the new I-94 from the approval notice and attach it to my passport? And do I need to give both old and new I-94 to airline staff in check-in counter?
3. My P4 says “need I-94 and departure records in the CP interview”. If all I-94s are taken away in airport, do I just need to show copies of my I-94s to consulate officer in the interview?
 
>>1. When departing in airport, will my I-94 be taken off from my passport in airline check-in counter?
Yes

>>2. Actually my I-94 in passport has expired last month, but I have a new I-94 in my H1B transfer approval. Do I need to detach the new I-94 from the approval notice and attach it to my passport? And do I need to give both old and new I-94 to airline staff in check-in counter?
You need to tear off the I94 from your H1 approval and attach it to your old I94 in the passport. Both of them will be retained by the airline.

>>3. My P4 says “need I-94 and departure records in the CP interview”. If all I-94s are taken away in airport, do I just need to show copies of my I-94s to consulate officer in the interview?
Originals are always returned to the INS.. You need to have a copy of all your I94's as a part of your record. Similarly, plastic EAD's and AP's are taken away when 485's are approved and your plastic GC will be taken away when you naturalize.
 
All I-94's

What do you mean when you say All I-94's ? I have travelled to India thrice in the last 5 years. AllI have is the I-94 attached to my passport now. I did not make copies of my previous I-94's. How important is that? Is there a way to obtain copies of the previous I94's?

Confused and worried,

Srini
 
No worries, Srini

I'm currently having 2 I-94s, an old one in my passport, and a new one from my H1b transfer appoval. When I said "all I-94s" I mean these two.

I don't think we need to worry about those previous I-94s which had been taken away in airport. All you need to do is to make a copy of the I-94 you are having now. (In my case, I have 2 now.)
 
Caution ...

per my lawyer, we should not remove I-94 attached to H1B approvals, and let the INS/Consular officials do it themselves.

The idea being, the security infos inherent in the H1b document is preserved. And that I-94 is original. Eliminating a fraud possibility.
 
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