Entered the US by land, left by Mexican land border. Had a flight booked but didn't take it. Will I have problems entering the US again?
I am a European citizen under the visa waiver program. I flew the US from London and had to purchase a ticket out of the US to be allowed to board the plane there. Found a cheap ticket to Guatemala from Texas.
I told the border guard that I was taking that flight out of the country. But I ended up crossing the Mexican land border instead and traveled onward to Costa Rica and then back to the EU.
So there is no record of me leaving the US (Except for the Mexican stamp in my passport).
I am wondering if I would have problems going back to the US in a few years. Can't find anything like this on the CBP website.
visas usa customs-and-immigration mexico
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
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I am a European citizen under the visa waiver program. I flew the US from London and had to purchase a ticket out of the US to be allowed to board the plane there. Found a cheap ticket to Guatemala from Texas.
I told the border guard that I was taking that flight out of the country. But I ended up crossing the Mexican land border instead and traveled onward to Costa Rica and then back to the EU.
So there is no record of me leaving the US (Except for the Mexican stamp in my passport).
I am wondering if I would have problems going back to the US in a few years. Can't find anything like this on the CBP website.
visas usa customs-and-immigration mexico
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
1
Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 19 '17 at 11:13
4
Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
1
@phoog care to add your answer?
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 23 '17 at 20:59
add a comment |
I am a European citizen under the visa waiver program. I flew the US from London and had to purchase a ticket out of the US to be allowed to board the plane there. Found a cheap ticket to Guatemala from Texas.
I told the border guard that I was taking that flight out of the country. But I ended up crossing the Mexican land border instead and traveled onward to Costa Rica and then back to the EU.
So there is no record of me leaving the US (Except for the Mexican stamp in my passport).
I am wondering if I would have problems going back to the US in a few years. Can't find anything like this on the CBP website.
visas usa customs-and-immigration mexico
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
I am a European citizen under the visa waiver program. I flew the US from London and had to purchase a ticket out of the US to be allowed to board the plane there. Found a cheap ticket to Guatemala from Texas.
I told the border guard that I was taking that flight out of the country. But I ended up crossing the Mexican land border instead and traveled onward to Costa Rica and then back to the EU.
So there is no record of me leaving the US (Except for the Mexican stamp in my passport).
I am wondering if I would have problems going back to the US in a few years. Can't find anything like this on the CBP website.
visas usa customs-and-immigration mexico
visas usa customs-and-immigration mexico
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
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asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
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edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
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edited May 18 '17 at 12:19
Crazydre
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51.5k1094226
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
asked Apr 19 '17 at 10:40
Ingwaz
333
333
1
Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 19 '17 at 11:13
4
Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
1
@phoog care to add your answer?
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 23 '17 at 20:59
add a comment |
1
Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 19 '17 at 11:13
4
Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
1
@phoog care to add your answer?
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 23 '17 at 20:59
1
1
Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 19 '17 at 11:13
Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 19 '17 at 11:13
4
4
Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
1
1
@phoog care to add your answer?
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 23 '17 at 20:59
@phoog care to add your answer?
– JonathanReez♦
Apr 23 '17 at 20:59
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Go onto this website and check whether your exit is in the list.
If it's not there (which it won't if you never came in contact with a CBP official on exit), then once you're back home from your travels, send:
a printout of the result page of this search (not the same as the first link);
a photocopy of your passport ID page;
photocopies of all passport stamps obtained since leaving the US (and in particular the Mexican entry stamp)
all original tickets that you still have from the US to Mexico, through Central America to Costa Rica (after making copies for your own record);
the original boarding pass and bag tag from Costa Rica back home if you still have them (after making a copy for your own record)
A dated bank statement showing all transactions since leaving the US.
Any dated original receipts obtained since leaving the US.
A letter explaining in detail your entire trip, stating the date and place of exit from the US, and asking for the exit to be added to the electronic I94
Send all these materials by registered mail to:
Coleman Data Solutions
Box 7965
Akron, OH 44306
Attn: NIDPS (I-94)
USA
If the evidence is deemed to be sufficient, the record (first link) will be updated, so check it from time to time. Note that Coleman don't respond to any communication.
If, for any reason, the record is not corrected (check regularly), then gather all the above mentioned evidence (except the passport copy and explanation letter) and bring them on your next trip to the US for presentation at the border, so that the record can be retroactively corrected. However, this should only be done as a last resort, because if you're unlucky enough to get the wrong officer on re-entry, you may well be refused entry and marked in the immigration records in spite of any evidence you present, and as you don't hold a visa, you have no right to appeal to an immigration judge
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
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Go onto this website and check whether your exit is in the list.
If it's not there (which it won't if you never came in contact with a CBP official on exit), then once you're back home from your travels, send:
a printout of the result page of this search (not the same as the first link);
a photocopy of your passport ID page;
photocopies of all passport stamps obtained since leaving the US (and in particular the Mexican entry stamp)
all original tickets that you still have from the US to Mexico, through Central America to Costa Rica (after making copies for your own record);
the original boarding pass and bag tag from Costa Rica back home if you still have them (after making a copy for your own record)
A dated bank statement showing all transactions since leaving the US.
Any dated original receipts obtained since leaving the US.
A letter explaining in detail your entire trip, stating the date and place of exit from the US, and asking for the exit to be added to the electronic I94
Send all these materials by registered mail to:
Coleman Data Solutions
Box 7965
Akron, OH 44306
Attn: NIDPS (I-94)
USA
If the evidence is deemed to be sufficient, the record (first link) will be updated, so check it from time to time. Note that Coleman don't respond to any communication.
If, for any reason, the record is not corrected (check regularly), then gather all the above mentioned evidence (except the passport copy and explanation letter) and bring them on your next trip to the US for presentation at the border, so that the record can be retroactively corrected. However, this should only be done as a last resort, because if you're unlucky enough to get the wrong officer on re-entry, you may well be refused entry and marked in the immigration records in spite of any evidence you present, and as you don't hold a visa, you have no right to appeal to an immigration judge
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
add a comment |
Go onto this website and check whether your exit is in the list.
If it's not there (which it won't if you never came in contact with a CBP official on exit), then once you're back home from your travels, send:
a printout of the result page of this search (not the same as the first link);
a photocopy of your passport ID page;
photocopies of all passport stamps obtained since leaving the US (and in particular the Mexican entry stamp)
all original tickets that you still have from the US to Mexico, through Central America to Costa Rica (after making copies for your own record);
the original boarding pass and bag tag from Costa Rica back home if you still have them (after making a copy for your own record)
A dated bank statement showing all transactions since leaving the US.
Any dated original receipts obtained since leaving the US.
A letter explaining in detail your entire trip, stating the date and place of exit from the US, and asking for the exit to be added to the electronic I94
Send all these materials by registered mail to:
Coleman Data Solutions
Box 7965
Akron, OH 44306
Attn: NIDPS (I-94)
USA
If the evidence is deemed to be sufficient, the record (first link) will be updated, so check it from time to time. Note that Coleman don't respond to any communication.
If, for any reason, the record is not corrected (check regularly), then gather all the above mentioned evidence (except the passport copy and explanation letter) and bring them on your next trip to the US for presentation at the border, so that the record can be retroactively corrected. However, this should only be done as a last resort, because if you're unlucky enough to get the wrong officer on re-entry, you may well be refused entry and marked in the immigration records in spite of any evidence you present, and as you don't hold a visa, you have no right to appeal to an immigration judge
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
add a comment |
Go onto this website and check whether your exit is in the list.
If it's not there (which it won't if you never came in contact with a CBP official on exit), then once you're back home from your travels, send:
a printout of the result page of this search (not the same as the first link);
a photocopy of your passport ID page;
photocopies of all passport stamps obtained since leaving the US (and in particular the Mexican entry stamp)
all original tickets that you still have from the US to Mexico, through Central America to Costa Rica (after making copies for your own record);
the original boarding pass and bag tag from Costa Rica back home if you still have them (after making a copy for your own record)
A dated bank statement showing all transactions since leaving the US.
Any dated original receipts obtained since leaving the US.
A letter explaining in detail your entire trip, stating the date and place of exit from the US, and asking for the exit to be added to the electronic I94
Send all these materials by registered mail to:
Coleman Data Solutions
Box 7965
Akron, OH 44306
Attn: NIDPS (I-94)
USA
If the evidence is deemed to be sufficient, the record (first link) will be updated, so check it from time to time. Note that Coleman don't respond to any communication.
If, for any reason, the record is not corrected (check regularly), then gather all the above mentioned evidence (except the passport copy and explanation letter) and bring them on your next trip to the US for presentation at the border, so that the record can be retroactively corrected. However, this should only be done as a last resort, because if you're unlucky enough to get the wrong officer on re-entry, you may well be refused entry and marked in the immigration records in spite of any evidence you present, and as you don't hold a visa, you have no right to appeal to an immigration judge
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
Go onto this website and check whether your exit is in the list.
If it's not there (which it won't if you never came in contact with a CBP official on exit), then once you're back home from your travels, send:
a printout of the result page of this search (not the same as the first link);
a photocopy of your passport ID page;
photocopies of all passport stamps obtained since leaving the US (and in particular the Mexican entry stamp)
all original tickets that you still have from the US to Mexico, through Central America to Costa Rica (after making copies for your own record);
the original boarding pass and bag tag from Costa Rica back home if you still have them (after making a copy for your own record)
A dated bank statement showing all transactions since leaving the US.
Any dated original receipts obtained since leaving the US.
A letter explaining in detail your entire trip, stating the date and place of exit from the US, and asking for the exit to be added to the electronic I94
Send all these materials by registered mail to:
Coleman Data Solutions
Box 7965
Akron, OH 44306
Attn: NIDPS (I-94)
USA
If the evidence is deemed to be sufficient, the record (first link) will be updated, so check it from time to time. Note that Coleman don't respond to any communication.
If, for any reason, the record is not corrected (check regularly), then gather all the above mentioned evidence (except the passport copy and explanation letter) and bring them on your next trip to the US for presentation at the border, so that the record can be retroactively corrected. However, this should only be done as a last resort, because if you're unlucky enough to get the wrong officer on re-entry, you may well be refused entry and marked in the immigration records in spite of any evidence you present, and as you don't hold a visa, you have no right to appeal to an immigration judge
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
edited May 25 '17 at 8:49
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
51.5k1094226
answered May 18 '17 at 12:32
Crazydre
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51.5k1094226
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
add a comment |
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
2
2
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
It may be time someone prepared a canonical on this kind of situation. Too many variants of this getting posted here and the answer is the same.
– Honorary World Citizen
May 18 '17 at 12:42
1
1
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
@SheikPaulofOsawatomie Canonical Q and A here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93520/…
– Crazydre
May 18 '17 at 13:53
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
Ingwaz: I updated the address
– Crazydre
May 21 '17 at 12:04
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
You might want to note that sending in the evidence to have the record updated is not strictly necessary.
– phoog
May 24 '17 at 20:56
add a comment |
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Possible duplicate of travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2026/…
– JonathanReez♦
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Check your records online at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. If your exit was not recorded you can clear it up th e next time you enter, or send your evidence in as outlined in the linked duplicate.
– phoog
Apr 19 '17 at 12:35
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@phoog care to add your answer?
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