united-states immigration
Which Arrival Date do I enter for my spouse&#39;s &quot;Date Arrived&quot; on form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative?
<p>I'm a US citizen and marrying my Korean fiancee. We're working on immigrations forms and have a quick question about form I-130 'Petition for Alien Relative', Question number 14:  <em>(Question Marks in the Date Arrived field because it's the field we're unsure of.)</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>14: If your relative <em>(My fiancee, soon to be spouse)</em> is currently in the U.S., complete the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>He or she arrived as a: [ Student ]</li>
  <li>Arrival/Departure Record (I-94): [ The Number ]</li>
  <li>Date Arrived: [ <strong><em>????-??-??</em></strong> ]</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>This is confusing us because of a trip we made to Canada last year. During the trip, we crossed the land border at Niagara Falls when leaving and returning to the US.</p>

<p>However, when we look up her I-94 travel history (<a href="https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov" rel="nofollow">https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov</a>), it notes a <em>Departure</em> for the date we entered Canada, but it <em>doesn't show an Arrival</em> for the date we returned to the US. Additionally, the "Point of Entry/Exit" is blank for that departure.</p>

<p>The DHS site has a footnote that makes us feel both more and less confused: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The following travel may not be reflected: land border arrivals/departures [. . .]</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So we have one main question and one related question:</p>

<ol>
<li><p><strong>What do we enter in the 'Date Arrived' field?</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The first date she entered the US?</li>
<li>The most recent date she entered the US <em>from South Korea</em>? (She's visited family back at home a few times)</li>
<li>The most recent date she entered the US <em>from anywhere</em>? (This would be from Canada) (We do know the date)</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p><strong>Do we need to make sure the return from Canada is properly recorded on her I-94?</strong></p></li>
</ol>

<p>We've gotten it all worked out now and I'll just post an answer to my own question, in case someone else needs to know in the future.</p>

<hr>

<ol>
<li>The 'Date Arrived' field does need to be the <strong>most recent arrival</strong> into the US.</li>
<li>Yes, we needed to make sure her entry from Canada is properly recorded. We went to our airport's International Terminal and found the CBP office, where they discovered that there was a missing record. They updated the record, stamped her passport, and sent us happily on our way.

<ul>
<li>The entry was actually over a land border, but that didn't matter - going to the airport was fine.</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>
