If
you returned home with your Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) departure record Form I-94 (white) or Form
1-94W (green) in your passport, it means that your departure
was not recorded properly. It is your responsibility to
correct this record. The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy
in La Paz cannot assist you in correcting the record. You
must provide the Legacy INS (DHS) sufficient information
so that they can record your timely departure from the United
States. This will close out your earlier record of arrival
to the United States.
If you do not validate a timely departure from the United
States, or if you cannot reasonably prove otherwise when
you next apply for admission to the United States, the INS
may conclude you remained in the United States beyond your
authorized stay. If this happens, the next time you apply
to enter the United States, your visa may be subject to
cancellation or you may be returned immediately to your
foreign point of origin.
In particular, visitors who remain beyond their permitted
stay in the United States under the Visa Waiver Program
cannot reenter the United States in the future without obtaining
a visa from a United States Embassy or Consulate. If this
occurs and you arrive at a United States port-of-entry seeking
admission under the Visa Waiver Program without a visa,
United States immigration officers may order your immediate
return to a foreign point of origin.
To validate departure, the INS will consider a variety of
information, including, but no limited to:
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Original boarding passes you used to depart the United
States;
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Photocopies of entry or departure stamps in your passport
indicating entry to another country after you departed
the United States (you should copy all passport pages
that are not completely blank, and include the biographical
page containing your photograph.); and
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Photocopies of other supporting evidence, such as:
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Dated pay slips or vouchers from your employer to indicate
you worked in another country after you departed the United
States;
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Dated bank records showing transactions to indicate you
were in another country after you left the United States;
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School records showing attendance at a school outside
the United States to indicate you were in another country
after you left the United States;
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Dated credit card receipts, showing your name, but, the
credit card number deleted, for purchases made after you
left the United States to indicate you were in another
country after leaving the United States;
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Your statement will not be acceptable without supporting
evidence such as noted above.
You must mail legible copies or original materials where
possible. If you send original materials, you should retain
a copy. The INS cannot return original materials after processing.
To help the INS to understand the situation and correct
your records quickly, please include an explanation letter
in English. You must send your letter and enclosed information
only to the following address:
ACS – INS SBU
P.O. Box 7125
London, KY 40742-7125
Do not mail your departure Form I-94/ I-94 W or supporting
information to any United States Embassy or Consulate, to
any other INS (DHS) office in the United Sates, or to any
address other than the one above. Only at this location
are we able to make the necessary corrections to INS records
to prevent inconvenience to you in the future
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