How do I clear an incorrect red flag on my US visa for overstaying, when in fact my departure date has not been recorded in the database?

6/16/2015 12:20:57 PM

It does not cover your exact situation (it’s mostly about the older I-94 form) but this page from the CBP describes how to get CBP records corrected.

As of writing this answer, you have to mail all the evidence of your departure, together with a letter explaining the situation to a company in Ohio (it used to be an office in London, Kentucky and the text of the website has only been partially updated and still makes a reference to the older address). Apparently, embassies and consulates cannot do anything about it but only the company mentioned on the page.

But I’m afraid that even if they accept the evidence you send them and do correct the records, it will take more than 10 days. The web site also explicitly says that they don’t answer correspondence so you won’t get any explanation or confirmation from them.

If you were going to a European country, I would say just fly over there with all the relevant documentation and they should be able to fix it on the spot but I am not sure whether that’s a good idea in the US so I really don’t have any good solution for this trip.

Whatever you do, do carry all useful documentation (boarding pass from your flight out of the US, anything establishing your presence in India after that date) with you during your next trip.

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