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Last entry date after automatic revalidation?

I am filling out immigration forms and I need to fill in the my last entry date to US. Well it is a little complicated issue. A few years ago I traveled to Canada for a short visit on an expired F-1 visa and came back using the automatic revalidation rule. When you do that, you do not surrender your I-94 so you do not receive a new one, and hence the travel is not recorded on your passport, though I know the actual date with 90% certainty. I checked old documents and saw that upon an immigration counselor's advice I did not mention that trip, that is I used the date from my previous entry, when I applied for OPT, and that was approved without a glitch. However there will be more scrutiny with a green card application and I really want to make sure that I put the correct date. Yet I called the USCIS with this question and instead of a meaningful answer I got a lesson on importance of being honest in my application. So do I use the actual last reentry date or the date on my passport?

Update:

Why do people think this is a question of honesty and lecture me on the virtues of it, I have no idea. Not only am I asking this question in effort to put the correct date there but also I have nothing to gain by lying. The question is simple, if you did not surrender your I-94 and if your departure/entry is not recorded on your passport, should you use the previous entry date or the actual one? There was at least one immigration counselor who said that I need to use the previous one and I am trying to get a second opinion/confirmation. As for nothing being lost in the computer age, I beg to differ.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    With an automatic revalidation you can use the first entry date. The trip to Canada was not considered a meaniful departure so it is as if it did not happen, thus the revalidation.

  • aldo
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    age of computers nothing i lost every action movement is in some government data bank be honest they will run many searches on Ur name and passport you lie there goes any chances be honest you get to explain in details

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