While Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it stopped issuing I-94 arrival/departure cards on May 21, 2013 (instead, the foreign passport is stamped and the entry is recorded electronically; the record can be accessed online), some land ports of entry still issue actual I-94 cards. Despite the new system, foreign nationals have reported
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Elimination of I-94 Cards Begins Today!
By Nicola Ai Ling Prall on
Posted in US Immigration
As reported previously, CBP is eliminating the Form I-94, Arrival / Departure Record, the familiar white card that foreign nationals are asked to complete on the airplane prior to entering the United States. Beginning April 30, 2013, if a foreign national needs a copy of the I-94 card as evidence of his or her…
Department of Homeland Security Issues long awaited final Electronic I-9 rules
By Sean G. Hanagan on
Posted in US Immigration
In April 2005 when Public Law 108-390 went into effect allowing for employers to sign and retain I-9 employment eligibility verification forms electronically, employers and immigration practitioners alike may have been justifiably confused as provisional guidance from the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE (Immigration Customs and Enforcement) division on their web page http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/i-9employment.htm was introduced.