Question on AP

[Mike and Karol 0]

Got my EAD and AP approved, me and my family is planning to spend Christmas in Canada after our AOS interview on Dec. 23. Just wondering if i can travel in Canada without Greencard yet but i have my AP papers with me.. I got no clue how does it work.. i know for sure that im using my Philippine Passport.. i just dont know if in Canadian boarder they will ask for Canadian Visa. Or my Philippine Passport with US K1 Visa (expired) and the Advance Parole document is enough for me to show them so they'll let me enter Canada and go back to US. Any answer regarding this will be so much aprreciated. Thanks!

[payxibka 10,045]

Got my EAD and AP approved, me and my family is planning to spend Christmas in Canada after our AOS interview on Dec. 23. Just wondering if i can travel in Canada without Greencard yet but i have my AP papers with me.. I got no clue how does it work.. i know for sure that im using my Philippine Passport.. i just dont know if in Canadian boarder they will ask for Canadian Visa. Or my Philippine Passport with US K1 Visa (expired) and the Advance Parole document is enough for me to show them so they'll let me enter Canada and go back to US. Any answer regarding this will be so much aprreciated. Thanks!

If you are approved at interview then request the I-551 stamp for your passport... It acts like a temporary greencard until the physical card arrives and AP becomes meaningless.

moving thread to working/travelling forum

Edited November 24, 2009 by payxibka

[Inky 1,111]

Citizens of the Philippines require a visa to enter Canada.

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/phili...r.aspx?lang=eng

[payxibka 10,045]

Citizens of the Philippines require a visa to enter Canada.

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/phili...r.aspx?lang=eng

true, unless they are a US permanent resident (greencard).... If you are not approved at interview you had better have a backup plan as they will not let you in with only your passport and AP document... AP document only gets you back in the USA and not in another country that you would normally require a visa for

Edited November 24, 2009 by payxibka

[Thompson2 1]

So am I correct to assume that all of this information means:

AP - you can only travel to countries that you could with your own country's passport? For example Jamaican K-1 holder with AP can only go to countries that allow Jamaican citizens without a visa.

Greencard - you can travel anywhere and U.S citizen can travel without having to get a visa?

[payxibka 10,045]

So am I correct to assume that all of this information means:

AP - you can only travel to countries that you could with your own country's passport? For example Jamaican K-1 holder with AP can only go to countries that allow Jamaican citizens without a visa.

Greencard - you can travel anywhere and U.S citizen can travel without having to get a visa?

AP changes nothing... AP is a re-entry document to the USA only and is not a valid travel document to any other country. It does not change visa/no visa entry requirements to a foreign country at all.

For the most part, a greencard does not change visa/no visa entry requirement except to Mexico, Canada and some places in the Carribean (for the most part).