Effective April 30, 2013, foreign national nonimmigrants arriving by air or sea will not have to complete a paper Form I-94 Arrival\/Departure Document upon arrival in the U.S.\u00a0 Instead, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) will physically stamp each nonimmigrant’s admission and electronically record it from each applicant’s electronic travel record.\u00a0 According to CBP, nonimmigrant foreign nationals departing the U.S. will not need to do anything differently.\u00a0 If a foreign national nonimmigrant did not receive a paper Form I-94, CBP will automatically record the foreign national’s departure electronically from the carrier’s passenger manifest.<\/p>\n
Electronic I-94 processing is expected to save CBP over $15 million annually.\u00a0 For foreign national nonimmigrants who need a paper confirmation of admission, CBP will have a website page where a foreign national nonimmigrant can print out their admission record information when needed for other pruposes.<\/p>\n
Land border ports of entry are not presently included in this rollout and foreign (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Effective April 30, 2013, foreign national nonimmigrants arriving by air or sea will not have to complete a paper Form I-94 Arrival\/Departure Document upon arrival in the U.S.\u00a0 Instead, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) will physically stamp each nonimmigrant’s…<\/span><\/p>\n