We prove that if X:Mn→Hn×R, n⩾3, is an orientable, complete immersion with finite strong total curvature, then X is proper and M is diffeomorphic to a compact manifold trueM¯ minus a finite number of points q1,⋯qk. Adding some extra hypothesis, including Hr=0, where Hr is a higher order mean curvature, we obtain more information about the geometry of a neighbourhood of each puncture. The reader will also find in this paper a classification result for the hypersurfaces of Hn×R which satisfy Hr=0 and are invariant by hyperbolic translations and a maximum principle in a half‐space for these hypersurfaces.