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Corrections
If any of the information on your visa does not match the information
in your passport or is incorrect, please come to Window # 14 on the second
floor of the Embassy between 8:30-11:00 or 12:30-3:00, Monday through
Friday. The U.S. Embassy is closed on both U.S. and Korean holidays, and
all weekends.
What is a Visa?
A visa does not grant the bearer the right to enter the United States.
A visa allows the bearer to apply for entry to the U.S. in a certain classification
(e.g. student (F), visitor (B), temporary worker (H)). The Department
of State (DOS) (www.unitedstatesvisas.gov)
is responsible for visa adjudication at U.S. Embassies and Consulates
outside of the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (www.uscis.gov)
immigration inspectors determine admission into, length of stay and conditions
of stay in, the U.S. at a port of entry. The information on your nonimmigrant
visa only relates to when you may apply for entry into the U.S. DHS immigration
inspectors will record the terms of your admission on your Arrival/Departure
Record (I-94 white or I-94W green) and in your passport. Please gain a
full understanding from official sources of information before applying
for a visa or seeking entry into the U.S.
How to Properly Record Your Departure from the United States
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informs that, if you returned
home with your Arrival/Departure Record (I-94 white or I-94W green) still
in your passport, your departure was not properly recorded. It is your
responsibility to provide the DHS sufficient information to properly record
your timely departure from the United States.
If you do not show a timely departure from the U.S., or if you cannot
reasonably prove so when you next seek entry into the U.S., DHS may conclude
you remained in the U.S. beyond your authorized stay. If so, your visa
may be cancelled, your entry into the U.S. may be barred and you may be
returned immediately to your foreign point of origin.
To show your departure, DHS will consider a variety of information, including,
but not limited to:
- Original I-94 white or I-94W green.
- Original boarding passes you used to depart the U.S.
- Photocopies of entry or departure stamps in your passport indicating
entry to another country after you departed the U.S. (copy all passport
pages that are not completely blank and include the biographical page
containing your photograph).
- Photocopies of other supporting evidence that shows your name and
date, to indicate you were in another country after leaving the United
States, such as:
- Dated pay slips or vouchers from your employer outside the U.S.
- Dated bank records showing transactions outside the U.S.
- School records showing attendance at a school outside the U.S.
- Dated credit card receipts, with the credit card number deleted,
for purchases made outside the U.S.
Your statement alone, without supporting evidence, is unacceptable. If
you send original materials, please retain a copy since DHS cannot return
original materials after processing. To help correct your records quickly,
please include a signed, dated explanation in English.
Please mail your explanation and supporting documents to the following
address:
ACS-INS SBU
P.O. Box 7125
London KY 40742-7125 USA
Do not mail your I-94 or supporting documents to any U.S. Consulate or
Embassy, any other DHS office or to any address other than the one stated
above. Only at this location can DHS make the necessary corrections to
your records to prevent serious disruption to your U.S. travel in the
future.
Updated October 27, 2003
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