karenk
04-07-2009, 15:38
Hi all,
Not sure if anyone has ever encountered anything like this before but here goes.
We arrived in Sanford on 19th June, myself, husband and our two sons. Went through immigration, no problems and after a week, our two sons returned home. We took them to the airport, they checked in for their flight and that was that. None of us had seen our passports since arrival at Sanford as they were tucked safely away. Yesterday, my husband and I went to check in to return home from our two week holiday and noticed that the green visa waiver forms were not stapled to either passport. The check in clerk warned us that we would have trouble re entering the USA if we couldn't produce them.
My husband assumed that all four of the forms must have been stapled or inserted into one of our sons passports and all of them must have been taken when they checked in a week earlier (not impossible as we were stood at check in with them so it could be that the clerk thought there were four of us to fly).
Thinking back on it, I can't remember seeing the green forms after we passed through immigration on 19th June. My sons can't remember seeing them in their passports either and there are no staple marks in any passport so I'm starting to questions whether or not we had them. We weren't paying much attention (rushing to get the hire car) although I'm normally pretty meticulous about things like this.
Anyone know what the implications are if we go back to the US later this year without letting them know we've left and who do we contact to do this? All and any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks
Not sure if anyone has ever encountered anything like this before but here goes.
We arrived in Sanford on 19th June, myself, husband and our two sons. Went through immigration, no problems and after a week, our two sons returned home. We took them to the airport, they checked in for their flight and that was that. None of us had seen our passports since arrival at Sanford as they were tucked safely away. Yesterday, my husband and I went to check in to return home from our two week holiday and noticed that the green visa waiver forms were not stapled to either passport. The check in clerk warned us that we would have trouble re entering the USA if we couldn't produce them.
My husband assumed that all four of the forms must have been stapled or inserted into one of our sons passports and all of them must have been taken when they checked in a week earlier (not impossible as we were stood at check in with them so it could be that the clerk thought there were four of us to fly).
Thinking back on it, I can't remember seeing the green forms after we passed through immigration on 19th June. My sons can't remember seeing them in their passports either and there are no staple marks in any passport so I'm starting to questions whether or not we had them. We weren't paying much attention (rushing to get the hire car) although I'm normally pretty meticulous about things like this.
Anyone know what the implications are if we go back to the US later this year without letting them know we've left and who do we contact to do this? All and any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks