How to Retrieve Your Electronic I-94 Arrival Record and U.S. Travel History

What can you retrieve from the CBP I-94 website?

The official U.S. Customs and Border Protection I-94 service provides several traveler tools. For this procedure, the two most important are the most recent I-94 record and the travel-history search.

Get your most recent electronic I-94

The "Get Most Recent I-94/I-95" function lets most eligible travelers retrieve and print their latest admission record. CBP describes the resulting I-94 as the traveler's lawful record of admission. It can show important admission information such as the I-94 number, class of admission and the date through which the traveler was admitted when a specific date applies.

Most travelers can retrieve their latest I-94 if it was issued after 1983. CBP also maintains longer retrieval availability for certain classes, including some travelers admitted for duration of status and certain diplomatic or Compact of Free Association classifications.

View your U.S. travel history

The "View Travel History" function provides eligible foreign travelers with up to 10 years of recorded arrivals and departures, including available dates and ports of entry or exit.

CBP states that this travel-history display is not an official record for legal purposes. It is a convenience tool and may not contain every movement into or out of the United States.

What information do you need to retrieve an I-94?

Enter the information from the travel document that you used for the relevant U.S. entry. CBP instructs travelers to enter their first name, last name, date of birth, document number and country of citizenship exactly as they appear on that document.

If the passport contains multiple first names or last names, enter all names as shown. CBP also recommends its document-capture feature, which can read the biographical page of the travel document and help populate the search fields.

If you need your latest I-94 associated with an expired passport, use the passport number linked to that I-94. CBP states that travel history for the past 10 years can include travel made on an expired passport.

How to get and print your most recent I-94

Use the official CBP I-94/I-95 website and choose "Get Most Recent I-94/I-95." After accepting the site's terms and entering your traveler information, CBP will display a matching admission record when one is available.

After retrieving the record, select the print option. CBP does not limit how many copies you may print. The electronic printout is commonly used when a government agency, employer or other authorized organization needs proof of the admission information recorded by CBP.

Retrieving an existing I-94 online is different from applying for a provisional I-94 before certain land-border or ferry arrivals. This procedure concerns an admission record that has already been created.

How to view your U.S. travel history

Select "View Travel History" on the CBP I-94 website and identify yourself using the requested travel-document information. Eligible nonimmigrant travelers can then view available arrival and departure events from the previous 10 years.

The online travel history may omit certain movements. CBP specifically warns that records can be incomplete for situations including some land-border travel, carrier reservation changes and immigration actions handled by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services such as changes of status, extensions of stay or adjustments of status.

Because the travel-history feature is not an official legal record, a person who needs a fuller government record for legal, historical or evidentiary purposes may need to use the CBP Freedom of Information Act process instead.

Can U.S. citizens and Green Card holders use the travel-history tool?

No. CBP states that U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents cannot retrieve their travel history through the I-94 website. Those travelers must request their CBP travel records through the Freedom of Information Act process.

If you are a lawful permanent resident dealing with a lost, expired or expiring Green Card rather than an I-94 retrieval issue, see the Helpydo guide on replacing or renewing a Green Card with Form I-90.

What if your I-94 or travel history is not found?

Start by checking the search information carefully. CBP instructs travelers to match the name, date of birth, document number and citizenship to the travel document used for the U.S. entry. Multiple given names or surnames should be entered as they appear on that document.

You can also try the site's document-capture function. CBP's current guidance also allows travelers using the CBP Link Mobile Application with Login.gov to search for the latest I-94 and use document scanning to capture the passport's machine-readable zone.

If you still cannot retrieve the record, CBP directs travelers to its Information Center process for an I-94 or travel-history issue. CBP also states that a FOIA request may be appropriate when the record cannot be obtained through the public I-94 service.

What if your I-94 contains incorrect information?

A missing record and an incorrect record are different problems. If CBP made an error at admission, such as an incorrect nonimmigrant classification, biographical detail or admission period, a CBP Deferred Inspection Site can review and, when appropriate, correct the arrival documentation.

Deferred Inspection Sites correct errors made at the time of entry. They do not handle every later immigration change. For example, extensions or changes of nonimmigrant status generally fall under USCIS rather than CBP.

If you move while a USCIS matter is pending or while subject to USCIS address-reporting requirements, that is a separate process; see the Helpydo procedure on reporting a change of address to USCIS.

What if your departure from the United States is missing?

Not every departure is captured the same way. CBP states that air departures are generally recorded electronically through carrier information, while some land departures may not be accurately reflected in the travel history.

If you received an electronic I-94 and departed by land, particularly into Canada or Mexico, CBP recommends keeping evidence showing that you left the United States. Examples can include passport entry stamps from another country, transportation tickets, pay records or other dated evidence demonstrating your presence outside the United States.

Travelers who were issued a paper I-94 are instructed to surrender it when departing through the applicable carrier, Canadian border authority or CBP process. If a paper departure record was not turned in, CBP maintains a separate process for sending the I-94 and evidence of departure so the record can be corrected.

Your I-94 is not the same as your visa or passport

A visa, passport and Form I-94 serve different purposes. For many temporary visitors, the I-94 is the government record showing the admission granted by CBP when the traveler entered the United States. The visa in a passport primarily concerns permission to seek entry, while the I-94 records the admission actually granted.

Do not rely only on a visa expiration date to determine the period of authorized admission. Review the admit-until information or duration-of-status notation on the I-94 and comply with the terms of the admission classification.

What should you do after retrieving the record?

Save or print the I-94 if you may need proof of your admission information. Review the name, document details, class of admission and admit-until information for obvious discrepancies.

If the I-94 is correct, no separate application is required simply to keep the printed copy. If it contains a CBP entry error, seek correction through an appropriate Deferred Inspection Site. If the public website does not provide the historical travel records you need, consider the CBP FOIA process.