Originally Posted by
SeriouslyLost
I am not wrong.
You are conflating several items into one. Re-read what I actually wrote.
There are three items in question: passport (with appropriate stamp), I94, and ARC/green card. All can, as you say, constitute a registration document, whether individually or severally.
Several categories of people must carry certain items. LPR's must carry their ARC, for example. Hence the "papers please" comment. Other must carry their passports. As I said, yet others must only carry the I94 and I specifically left them out in my original reply pointing out the error of the person that said "You have to carry your passport". I specifically pointed to the L & H visa categories as examples and said that certain classes of those SOR's are in that camp.
I later clarified that they might have to carry an I94 and that the print out will suffice. That does not invalidate what I wrote earlier.
The
Federal register states that the I94 printout is sufficient for presentation as an ARD:
Under 'New Form Definition" we find: "For example, the definition specifies that “presentation” of the Form I-94 includes providing a printout of the electronic record."
The only real question is whether a PDF stored on a personal electronic device of some sort that enables viewing of the I94 print out will constitute "carrying" the print out. I suspect that it won't, given the woeful nature of the US immigration system.
We can continue to play word games if you would like. Your posts came across and could be construed to suggest that there are classes of non-immigrants that do not have to have documentation in their physical possession to prove their Immigration status to an Immigration Officer upon request.
This is false as has been cited in the posts above. Non-Immigrant visa holders have to have documentation in their physical possession including H's and L's. Part of why I like to visit these forums is to correct the incorrect information that is posted such as situations like this. I do this for the many that lurk and don't post but could read your posts take away the wrong information and end up in a lot of trouble. You of course can say you were technically right regardless of the impression your posts gave but that really isn’t very helpful to the person that got in trouble.
FB