How do you check your I-94 record in the United States in 2026?

Go to the official CBP I-94 site at i94.cbp.dhs.gov. Choose the option to get your most recent I-94. You will enter biographic details that match your passport: name, date of birth, passport number, and passport country. If the match works, you can view and print the record. That printout is treated as your lawful admission record for most day-to-day requests.

Check three fields carefully. Class of admission (for example H-1B, F-1, or B-2) should match the status you believe you hold. The admit-until date is the date you must leave, extend, or change status by, unless you were admitted for duration of status (often shown as D/S for certain student and exchange categories). The I-94 number itself appears on USCIS forms and some employment documents.

U.S. citizens, returning lawful permanent residents, people admitted on immigrant visas, and most Canadian citizens visiting or in transit often do not get a standard visitor I-94 in the same way. Everyone else who needs proof of admission should pull the electronic record after each entry.

Keep a PDF or printout for Form I-9 employment eligibility checks, state ID or driver license applications, school enrollment offices, and any USCIS filing that asks for admission evidence. Many DMV REAL ID processes ask for the I-94 plus passport and status documents. See Get real id and Complete form i9 for those workflows.

Land-border travelers may apply for a provisional I-94 in advance through the same CBP site for selected ports. That is different from retrieving an already issued air or sea record. Follow the on-screen path that matches how you enter.

If you cannot retrieve the record online, USCIS Form I-102 is the usual path to request a replacement or initial nonimmigrant arrival-departure record. Do not invent a handwritten substitute.

Name misspellings, wrong admit-until dates, and incorrect classes of admission happen. Compare the screen to your passport biographic page and entry stamp or entry endorsement. For CBP admission errors, use CBP deferred inspection or the port-of-entry correction process described on CBP guidance rather than ignoring the mismatch.

An error left unfixed can block a driver license, a job start, or a later extension. Pull a fresh I-94 after every new admission, because an old printout from a prior trip is not your current lawful stay.