Will I get any trouble after forgetting to return I-94 form on time?

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Short answer: You've already done everying you can do to make sure you won't have trouble, aside from bringing a copy of the evidence of your departure when you next come to the United States.

More detail:

The purpose of the I-94 is to connect your departure record with your entry record. When it is not returned, it appears as if you have overstayed your welcome in the USA.

There's no penalty for failing to return the form; there is only a penalty for overstaying. If you didn't actually overstay, and can prove it, there is no problem, other than your visa potentially being cancelled, or your ESTA application being denied. In either case you'd be out $160 for a new visa application.

Since you've already sent your evidence of departure, you should be fine. However, you should bring a copy the next time you come to the US, in case the originals were lost in the mail or some other bureaucratic problem has prevented the correction of your record in the database.

This was paraphrased from https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/752/~/i-still-have-my-i-94, which has a much more detailed discussion.

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