Surrender I-94?
 

I am leaving for overseas next week, I will only be away for a week. Do I surrender my I-94 and get a new one back? My I-94 is valid until April 5 ,2008.

Re: Surrender I-94?
 

There's an immigration forum for these questions.

But anyway, I don't think you need to surrender the I-94.

Re: Surrender I-94?
 

Why not? I thought you only hang on to it if you go to Canada or Mexico?

The airlines have always taken mine, even for short trips.

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You MUST surrender or you may have issues getting back in. The exceptions that I know of are Canada and Mexico. The airline should remove it at check in anyway.

When you re-enter you get a new one (fill out on the plane) which will be valid to the end of your visa

Re: Surrender I-94?
 

depends where he's going, he said over sea's, and Canada and Mexico are still, barely, are overseas :D

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What are these oceans called then, Roberto mio caro? ;)

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I always do; when I visited the Bahamas this year, the check-in woman for the cruise line told me I didn't have to surrender the I-94... which I don't know is OK or not, but I gave it in anyway.

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I don't know whether it's funny or sad the amount of people that refer to Canada as overseas.

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Did the cruise line ask to keep your PP until you returned to the US? They did mine and I refused.

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PP = Passport?

They certainly did not!

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We used Royal Caribbean...upon check in they were quite insistent that they kept our Passports.

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I am going to Australia. Is it the airlines who will take the I-94 not the immigration?

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I'd never give that up, unless maybe to someone in immigration.

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Yes, the check-in staff should take it, if they don't see it (which happened to me one year and caused a stir when I re-entered the US 2 years later) you must insist they take it from you - it's your responsibility to make sure they take it.

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The I-94 determines the maximum period of the admittance, it would not matter if you stayed 1 day or the full period, a new one is required if you seek to come back in.

It is true that sometimes you may be re-admitted for the remainder of you VWP stay if you visit Canada for a few days as part of a US trip. But OP said overseas.