leaving the country before already-approved AP arrives

[bozzo 0]

Hello there

Sweating a bit these days. Here is the situation:

- my wife's AP has been approved on March 14 according to the website

- the last touch on it was March 24

- nothing has arrived in the mail yet (as of today, March 27)

- her plane leaves April 4 early morning

So, we have a week to receive the AP, but could she leave before the already-approved AP eventually arrives? I would send her the AP by Fedex when if finally shows up here...

Technically, the approval date on the AP is March 14, so before her departure date. It is just logistics that is messing up the timeline.

Thanks for any feedback.

Stephan

[Lona.C. 16]

Hello there

Sweating a bit these days. Here is the situation:

- my wife's AP has been approved on March 14 according to the website

- the last touch on it was March 24

- nothing has arrived in the mail yet (as of today, March 27)

- her plane leaves April 4 early morning

So, we have a week to receive the AP, but could she leave before the already-approved AP eventually arrives? I would send her the AP by Fedex when if finally shows up here...

Technically, the approval date on the AP is March 14, so before her departure date. It is just logistics that is messing up the timeline.

Thanks for any feedback.

Stephan

I would not advice to leave without the AP , what if it got lost in mail somewhere and your fiance is already out of the country ? she wouldnt be able to get back without the AP or GC ,

if I where in your shoes I would call and see when they send it out after it was aproved ,

mine took around 10 days to get here after aproval on line good luck

[Lona.C. 16]

Hello there

Sweating a bit these days. Here is the situation:

- my wife's AP has been approved on March 14 according to the website

- the last touch on it was March 24

- nothing has arrived in the mail yet (as of today, March 27)

- her plane leaves April 4 early morning

So, we have a week to receive the AP, but could she leave before the already-approved AP eventually arrives? I would send her the AP by Fedex when if finally shows up here...

Technically, the approval date on the AP is March 14, so before her departure date. It is just logistics that is messing up the timeline.

Thanks for any feedback.

Stephan

I would not advice to leave without the AP , what if it got lost in mail somewhere and your fiance is already out of the country ? she wouldnt be able to get back without the AP or GC ,

if I where in your shoes I would call and see when they send it out after it was aproved ,

mine took around 10 days to get here after aproval on line good luck

oops sorry correction ,

she would be able to come back but only after you filed for K3 or CR1 spousal visa ,

since her k1 is already not valid

[bozzo 0]

I would not advice to leave without the AP , what if it got lost in mail somewhere and your fiance is already out of the country ? she wouldnt be able to get back without the AP or GC ,

if I where in your shoes I would call and see when they send it out after it was aproved ,

mine took around 10 days to get here after aproval on line good luck

Thanks for your input.

She called this morning the misinformation line and was told the usual "wait 30 days before complaining". She was also told that the approval date is not the mailing date so we could see it coming soon but nothing else.

She needs to go back home to prepare our religious wedding for this summer. She could postpone her return until she gets the AP, since it is approved already, to get back in the US.

As far as I understand the AP, it is only required to come back, once you land back in the US, as long as the approval date on the paper is before the departure. Just wondering whether the approval date on the paper does match the one announced on the website, in which case she could leave without the approved AP in hand.

No?

Edited March 27, 2008 by bozzo

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Do not leave without the APin your hand under any circumstances.... if you do it can be deemed that you have abandoned your AOS... this has happened before....

It may have a diffrent date or it may get lost in the mail.... if that happened and your wife is not in the US and you go to USCIS and explain what has happened they will abandon the AOS and your wife will be stuck outside the US until you are approved for CR1/K3...

Change the flight if you need to.... but dont risk your AOS...

Kez

[bozzo 0]

I know all that, and risking the AOS on a technicality would be a gamble... We will wait another week and eventually call the airline and pay the $700 it will take to reschedule the flight at an unknown-and-impossible-to-predict date.

Starting to hate USCIS again...

Thanks

Do not leave without the APin your hand under any circumstances.... if you do it can be deemed that you have abandoned your AOS... this has happened before....

It may have a diffrent date or it may get lost in the mail.... if that happened and your wife is not in the US and you go to USCIS and explain what has happened they will abandon the AOS and your wife will be stuck outside the US until you are approved for CR1/K3...

Change the flight if you need to.... but dont risk your AOS...

Kez

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I know all that, and risking the AOS on a technicality would be a gamble... We will wait another week and eventually call the airline and pay the $700 it will take to reschedule the flight at an unknown-and-impossible-to-predict date.

Starting to hate USCIS again...

Thanks

Do not leave without the APin your hand under any circumstances.... if you do it can be deemed that you have abandoned your AOS... this has happened before....

It may have a diffrent date or it may get lost in the mail.... if that happened and your wife is not in the US and you go to USCIS and explain what has happened they will abandon the AOS and your wife will be stuck outside the US until you are approved for CR1/K3...

Change the flight if you need to.... but dont risk your AOS...

Kez

Maybe the lesson here is not to book a trip until you have the AP in hand.... but it may all turn out just fine for you if the AP comes before you need to travel...

Kez

Edited March 27, 2008 by Kezzie

[nane1104 146]

Give it a few more days, I am sure it will arrive soon! Good luck!

And yes, don't let her leave without the AP!!!

[bozzo 0]

I know all that, and risking the AOS on a technicality would be a gamble... We will wait another week and eventually call the airline and pay the $700 it will take to reschedule the flight at an unknown-and-impossible-to-predict date.

Starting to hate USCIS again...

Thanks

Do not leave without the APin your hand under any circumstances.... if you do it can be deemed that you have abandoned your AOS... this has happened before....

It may have a diffrent date or it may get lost in the mail.... if that happened and your wife is not in the US and you go to USCIS and explain what has happened they will abandon the AOS and your wife will be stuck outside the US until you are approved for CR1/K3...

Change the flight if you need to.... but dont risk your AOS...

Kez

Maybe the lesson here is not to book a trip until you have the AP in hand.... but it may all turn out just fine for you if the AP comes before you need to travel...

Kez

I know the lesson, just hate having to wait for months before being able to plan anything (I know the drill believe me, went through the whole GC+citizenship myself)...

Will keep you guys posted

[bozzo 0]

Well issue solved, AP arrived in the mail (2 copies, with approval date of March 14) today.

$700+ saved, headaches about airplane schedules avoided, nerves at ease now...

And to answer my own original question, it could have been possible for my wife to leave and me to send her the papers, had they arrived after her departure.

But of course, it is like any gamble, you know the odds after the game is over...

We will then worry about the EAD and AOS after she comes back.

Good luck all!

Stephan

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Well issue solved, AP arrived in the mail (2 copies, with approval date of March 14) today.

$700+ saved, headaches about airplane schedules avoided, nerves at ease now...

And to answer my own original question, it could have been possible for my wife to leave and me to send her the papers, had they arrived after her departure.

But of course, it is like any gamble, you know the odds after the game is over...

We will then worry about the EAD and AOS after she comes back.

Good luck all!

Stephan

So glad to here the AP arrived in time.... hope she has a good trip...

Kez