When you’re admitted into the United States at a port of entry, you must present your passport with the entry visa and other supporting documents to a Customs and Border Protection officer. The officer then decides whether you are eligible to enter the country and how long you can stay and admits you in a nonimmigrant status that matches the visa in your passport. This is your visa status, also called an immigration status. The most common visa statuses at Cornell are F-1 and J-1 for students, and J-1 and H-1B for faculty and staff. Your visa status is stamped in your passport and generates an I-94 arrival/departure record.