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Overstaying one day more than I-94 authorized stay?
My parents arrived at LAX yesterday on B-2 visa. We have booked round-trip tickets for them with coming/returning dates as 11/14/07 - 5/13/08. They even presented a letter explaining why they need six months and what their plans are (with sight-seeing schedule and itineraries). However, at the POE, the officer insisted that if they return on 5/13/08 it will be over the 6-month maximum stay period, so he only wrote down 5/12/08 as the expiration date on the I-94. We checked with the travel agent again, and they confirmed that 11/14/07 - 5/13/08 is exactly a 6-month stay, otherwise, it is the airlines' policy to charge much higher for even a 6-month and 1 day round-trip ticket. The travel agent thinks that the CBP officer made a mistake.
We're now faced with three options: 1) change the return date of the tickets and pay $260 changing fee for both persons; 2) Go to the local CBP Deferred Inspection Site and hope them can correct the date on the I-94; 3) return as originally planned on 5/13/08 with one day overstay. If they cannot get a correction at the local CBP office, will this little overstay be forgivable in their future B-2 visa application? Thanks.
We're now faced with three options: 1) change the return date of the tickets and pay $260 changing fee for both persons; 2) Go to the local CBP Deferred Inspection Site and hope them can correct the date on the I-94; 3) return as originally planned on 5/13/08 with one day overstay. If they cannot get a correction at the local CBP office, will this little overstay be forgivable in their future B-2 visa application? Thanks.
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