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Creating Visitor Stay Records

A user can create visitor stay records from the Stays view for an immigration contact. The Stays list shows all visitor stay records regardless of contact. Only administrators can delete visitor stay records using the Stays Administration view. For more information, see Administering Visitor Stay Records.

This task is a step in Process of Managing Immigration Contacts.

To create a visitor stay record

1. Navigate to the Immigration Contacts Screen, then the Immigration Contacts view.
2. Drill down on the Contact ID field of the contact record.
3. Click the Stays view tab.
4. Create a new record, and complete the fields as appropriate.

   The following table describes some of the fields.

   Field	Description
   Stay ID	Displays an automatically generated number that uniquely identifies the visitor stay.
   Arrival Date	Displays the date and time that you create the visitor stay record, but you can change this value.
   Port of Entry	Displays the organization of the user who creates the visitor stay record, but you can change this value.
   Passport Number	Select the passport number for the visitor stay. You can select only passports with a status of Active.
   Visa Number	Select the visa number for the visitor stay. You can select only visas with a status of Active.
   Visa Type	Displays the type of visa for the visa number that you select.
   Departure Date	Select the scheduled date and time of departure for the visitor stay.
   Port of Departure	Select the port of departure for the visitor.
   Arrival Vessel Number	Type the number of the arrival vessel and additional information about the vessel.
   Departure Vessel Number	Type the number of the departure vessel and additional information about the vessel.
   Days Overdue	Displays the number of days that the visitor stay is overdue.
   Invalid Departure	Displays a check in the check box for a prior stay record with no departure date if you create a new stay record for a contact that is associated with that prior stay record. The prior stay record becomes read-only, and any value in the days overdue field in that record is cleared.