Two Approved Advance Parole Documents Sent

[Canada2US 0]

Hi there,

I just received my Advance Parole Approval in the mail. The thing is I received two notices that were identical in the envelope. Why would I get two? Does this mean I can only leave the country twice while my Green Card application is pending? Is the Advance Parole document act as a entry card where I give it to the Immigration officer when I re-enter the US? I thought it was to be kept in my passport and I just showed it not surrendered it. Please advise.

Thanks!

[Krikit 1,164]

Give both AP documents to the CBP Officer when you return to the US. They will keep one and return the other one to you with the entry stamp. You will just continue to show the same document each time you re-enter the country. You will go to secondary processing each time. Once you receive your greencard you won't have to go through secondary.

[Canada2US 0]

Give both AP documents to the CBP Officer when you return to the US. They will keep one and return the other one to you with the entry stamp. You will just continue to show the same document each time you re-enter the country. You will go to secondary processing each time. Once you receive your greencard you won't have to go through secondary.

Thanks for the reply!! Very helpful!

Give both AP documents to the CBP Officer when you return to the US. They will keep one and return the other one to you with the entry stamp. You will just continue to show the same document each time you re-enter the country. You will go to secondary processing each time. Once you receive your greencard you won't have to go through secondary.

Quick question:

What is secondary processing?

[raymaga 25]

When I travelled back and forth to Canada with my AP, I went through a land border (by car), and all I did was show them the AP document. I did not have to go inside, except for the first time when they stamped it.

[Krikit 1,164]

Quick question:

What is secondary processing?

That's where you go through a lengthier entry process. For example, when you cross the land border or go through Customs for a flight, you have the initial processing with the first CBP Officer. They will either let you enter the US/continue on your way without further processing, or you go through secondary processing.

When I travelled back and forth to Canada with my AP, I went through a land border (by car), and all I did was show them the AP document. I did not have to go inside, except for the first time when they stamped it.

Nice! I had to go to secondary at both the land borders in NY (Lewiston and Peace Bridge) and Toronto Pearson. Each and every time. It was a pain in the behind.

[Canada2US 0]

Quick question:

What is secondary processing?

That's where you go through a lengthier entry process. For example, when you cross the land border or go through Customs for a flight, you have the initial processing with the first CBP Officer. They will either let you enter the US/continue on your way without further processing, or you go through secondary processing.

When I travelled back and forth to Canada with my AP, I went through a land border (by car), and all I did was show them the AP document. I did not have to go inside, except for the first time when they stamped it.

Nice! I had to go to secondary at both the land borders in NY (Lewiston and Peace Bridge) and Toronto Pearson. Each and every time. It was a pain in the behind.

Thanks fellow Canadians!