J. J. Farrell wrote:
> supernav wrote in message news:<1068504.1069044131@britishexpats.com>...
>>Don't worry about it too much. It may be on paper, but i have never
>>heard yet of a POE officer refusing a GC holder, sending them back, and
>>cancelling their gc.
>>The INS doesn't even have record of when you left
> In principle they do. That's why I-94s are collected when people
> leave.
Only the thing is, a departing GC holder wouldn't even have an I-94 to
be collected.
But other than that, you are right, of course.
> I've heard that this has tightened
> up dramatically in the last couple of years and airlines are now
> required to submit electronic passenger lists with all relevant
> I-94 information. If he left within the last couple of years they
> are fairly likely to have a record of it.
Exactly. Nowadays airlines routinely (always?) scan GCs. (A modern GC is
machine-readable the same way many passports are.) GC are also scanned
by CBP officers upon re-entry, of course, and it seems as if the two
systems are linked. (At least I got the distinct impression that the
officer I encountered knew when I had left.)
Thorsten
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