So how much longer can I stay in the USA through J-1?

Question

Hi, I live in Wisconsin and currently received my I-94 form which I had sent to INS to stay longer in USA, it has a stamp "department of homeland security, usa customs and border protection" saying "admitted new" and a date when they signed it (June 27 2008), so does my J-1 visa actually, but there is an empty blank line where it says "until" and no one typed in the date there, should I just type it in or till what day I can legally stay in USA?

Answer 1

As long as you leave the U.S. for three days after your experation date. you can have it renewed. But no, dont fill in the date. just leave it blank and if your j-1 is ever called then you can easily beat that with a lawyer and say that it has no experation date. They have to give you 30 days before they can retain your J-1

Answer 2

I would call them, they may have forgotten to put it in or something. But I would not put in the date myself, you could get into a lot of trouble for doing that. And I'm pretty sure you don't want to get into any trouble with that sort of thing.