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Requirements for I-131

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Jørgen Apprentice

Jørgen   2

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Hi,

In the instructions for the I-131 it says:

"You may apply if Form I-485 is pending, and you seek to travel abroad for emergent personal or bona fide business reasons"

I have a pending I-485, and we wish to travel back home so my parents can finally meet my wife and to celebrate christmas with them. Is this not enough of a reason to apply for advance parole? What're the cases where you can get a I-131?

Also, I've filed a I-130, I-485 and I-765 concurrently at the Chicago lockbox. The online E-filing of I-131 asks for where my I-485 is pending - how can I find out? Is it the "National Benefits Center" or the "Chicaco IL Field Office"? EDIT: I notice that my biometrics appointment say "Service Center: MSC" and the case IDs are MSC-<number>. Does that mean National Benefits Center?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Jørgen.

Edited by Jørgen

05/31/2010: Married my beautiful wife :D

06/01/2010: Found out that I am no longer eligible for the J-1 visa I was applying for for my summer internship, because of marriage

07/12/2010: USCIS sent NOA1 (FedEx receipt 07/09/2010)

07/27/2010: Did walk-in biometrics in Fresno, CA (Scheduled appointment was 08/14/2010 in San Marcos, CA)

07/27/2010: Requested expedited processing of I-765 due to financial hardship

07/27/2010: RFE (I-864 instead of I-864EZ) - expedited processing cancelled.

08/09/2010: I-131 delivered to USCIS (according to USPS)

08/13/2010: RFE response NAO received per e-mail. (USPS receipt 08/11/2010)

08/16/2010: Requested expedited processing again.

08/24/2010: Contacted Representative about help. Inquired to USCIS, told us they couldn't ask for any kind of preferred processing, and gave us status update (At the "judicial stage of the process"?)

08/25/2010: Work permit card production ordered!

engineer21 Proficient

engineer21   51

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Hi,

In the instructions for the I-131 it says:

"You may apply if Form I-485 is pending, and you seek to travel abroad for emergent personal or bona fide business reasons"

I have a pending I-485, and we wish to travel back home so my parents can finally meet my wife and to celebrate christmas with them. Is this not enough of a reason to apply for advance parole? What're the cases where you can get a I-131?

Also, I've filed a I-130, I-485 and I-765 concurrently at the Chicago lockbox. The online E-filing of I-131 asks for where my I-485 is pending - how can I find out? Is it the "National Benefits Center" or the "Chicaco IL Field Office"? EDIT: I notice that my biometrics appointment say "Service Center: MSC" and the case IDs are MSC-<number>. Does that mean National Benefits Center?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Jørgen.

If you've already filed your AOS, I think you will probably have the green card before christmas time.

Most cases currently take around 3 months to get approved. Of course it can be longer.. so doesn't hurt to file for AP

As far as I know travelling to visit family is a good enough reason.

Lots of people file AOS and apply for the AP too just in case they need it.

I don't think they are too picky about why you need the AP.

MSC is short for Missouri Service Center, which is the same as National Benefit Center :)

Edited by engineer21
AOS 05/08/10 - sent05/14/10 - receipt date on NOAs - transferred to National Benefits Center06/14/10 - Biometrics Done - Lawrence, MA (original appt)07/26/10 - Interview - APPROVED!!07/30/10 - Welcome letter rec'd (notice date: 07/26)08/05/10 - Green Card (&EAD) Received! - 2 months and 28 days total!ROC 04/28/12 - ROC package sent05/03/12 - check cashed05/04/12 - NOA1 received - dated 05/01/1206/07/12 - Biometrics done02/07/13 - Approved (status update via text msg)02/14/13 - Ten year Green card receivedNaturalization07/26/13 - eligible (90 day window opened 4/27/13)02/24/14 - N-400 sent to Dallas03/04/14 - Check cashed & case accepted (update via txt & email)03/10/14 - Biometrics appt letter rec'd (scheduled for 03/28/13)03/28/14 - Biometrics done04/01/14 - In line for interview 04/03/14 - Case status change to scheduled for interview04/10/14 - interview letter rec'd 5/13/14 - interview 6/3/14 - in line for oath 6/30/14 - Scheduled for oath
Jørgen Apprentice

Jørgen   2

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If you've already filed your AOS, I think you will probably have the green card before christmas time.

Most cases currently take around 3 months to get approved. Of course it can be longer.. so doesn't hurt to file for AP

Well, except for the non-refundable $385 filing fee.. On that note, do I have to pay the biometrics fee again - even if I have a biometrics appt. scheduled for my I-765/I-485? Do I get a new appt. scheduled just for the I-131? I submitted my I-130, I-765 and I-485 together, and got a NOA the 8th of July. Even in these cases it takes ~3 months?

What is the AP processing time - how "close" can I submit the application?

As far as I know travelling to visit family is a good enough reason.

I don't think they are too picky about why you need the AP.

MSC is short for Missouri Service Center, which is the same as National Benefit Center :)

Thanks for your excellent answers! :)

- Jørgen.

05/31/2010: Married my beautiful wife :D

06/01/2010: Found out that I am no longer eligible for the J-1 visa I was applying for for my summer internship, because of marriage

07/12/2010: USCIS sent NOA1 (FedEx receipt 07/09/2010)

07/27/2010: Did walk-in biometrics in Fresno, CA (Scheduled appointment was 08/14/2010 in San Marcos, CA)

07/27/2010: Requested expedited processing of I-765 due to financial hardship

07/27/2010: RFE (I-864 instead of I-864EZ) - expedited processing cancelled.

08/09/2010: I-131 delivered to USCIS (according to USPS)

08/13/2010: RFE response NAO received per e-mail. (USPS receipt 08/11/2010)

08/16/2010: Requested expedited processing again.

08/24/2010: Contacted Representative about help. Inquired to USCIS, told us they couldn't ask for any kind of preferred processing, and gave us status update (At the "judicial stage of the process"?)

08/25/2010: Work permit card production ordered!

engineer21 Proficient

engineer21   51

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Well, except for the non-refundable $385 filing fee.. On that note, do I have to pay the biometrics fee again - even if I have a biometrics appt. scheduled for my I-765/I-485? Do I get a new appt. scheduled just for the I-131? I submitted my I-130, I-765 and I-485 together, and got a NOA the 8th of July. Even in these cases it takes ~3 months?

What is the AP processing time - how "close" can I submit the application?

Thanks for your excellent answers! :)

- Jørgen.

AP fee should be waived if you are an AOS filer.

From USCIS.gov:

"If you file the Form I-131 based on a pending or concurrently filed Form I-485, you do not need to pay the separate Form I-131 filing fee"

ALSO:

"Who is Not Eligible to e-File This Form:

You are not eligible to electronically file this form if:

You have a pending I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence Status or Adjust Status currently at a USCIS office and you are eligible to file the I-131 for no additional fee."

Looks like you can't e-file it.

AP processing can take anywhere from 2-3 months. It can take almost as long as the green card itself. :bonk:

Edited by engineer21
AOS 05/08/10 - sent05/14/10 - receipt date on NOAs - transferred to National Benefits Center06/14/10 - Biometrics Done - Lawrence, MA (original appt)07/26/10 - Interview - APPROVED!!07/30/10 - Welcome letter rec'd (notice date: 07/26)08/05/10 - Green Card (&EAD) Received! - 2 months and 28 days total!ROC 04/28/12 - ROC package sent05/03/12 - check cashed05/04/12 - NOA1 received - dated 05/01/1206/07/12 - Biometrics done02/07/13 - Approved (status update via text msg)02/14/13 - Ten year Green card receivedNaturalization07/26/13 - eligible (90 day window opened 4/27/13)02/24/14 - N-400 sent to Dallas03/04/14 - Check cashed & case accepted (update via txt & email)03/10/14 - Biometrics appt letter rec'd (scheduled for 03/28/13)03/28/14 - Biometrics done04/01/14 - In line for interview 04/03/14 - Case status change to scheduled for interview04/10/14 - interview letter rec'd 5/13/14 - interview 6/3/14 - in line for oath 6/30/14 - Scheduled for oath
engineer21 Proficient

engineer21   51

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Oh and yeah, AOS usually takes around 3 months

There are 'freak' cases that take longer of course.

If you look at my timeline in my signature, I sent out all my forms on May 8th, and have my interview this monday.

Barring any horrible circumstances, I should be approved that same day July 26th.

My timeline is neither fast nor slow. About average.. And that's with an RFE too!

From other's timelines, it usually takes another 10 days to 2 weeks to receive the actual green card in the mail after that.

AOS 05/08/10 - sent05/14/10 - receipt date on NOAs - transferred to National Benefits Center06/14/10 - Biometrics Done - Lawrence, MA (original appt)07/26/10 - Interview - APPROVED!!07/30/10 - Welcome letter rec'd (notice date: 07/26)08/05/10 - Green Card (&EAD) Received! - 2 months and 28 days total!ROC 04/28/12 - ROC package sent05/03/12 - check cashed05/04/12 - NOA1 received - dated 05/01/1206/07/12 - Biometrics done02/07/13 - Approved (status update via text msg)02/14/13 - Ten year Green card receivedNaturalization07/26/13 - eligible (90 day window opened 4/27/13)02/24/14 - N-400 sent to Dallas03/04/14 - Check cashed & case accepted (update via txt & email)03/10/14 - Biometrics appt letter rec'd (scheduled for 03/28/13)03/28/14 - Biometrics done04/01/14 - In line for interview 04/03/14 - Case status change to scheduled for interview04/10/14 - interview letter rec'd 5/13/14 - interview 6/3/14 - in line for oath 6/30/14 - Scheduled for oath
Jørgen Apprentice

Jørgen   2

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Thanks a lot!

You've been a great help, thanks for quick response. :) I'll be filing my I-131 by mail sometime next week. :D

05/31/2010: Married my beautiful wife :D

06/01/2010: Found out that I am no longer eligible for the J-1 visa I was applying for for my summer internship, because of marriage

07/12/2010: USCIS sent NOA1 (FedEx receipt 07/09/2010)

07/27/2010: Did walk-in biometrics in Fresno, CA (Scheduled appointment was 08/14/2010 in San Marcos, CA)

07/27/2010: Requested expedited processing of I-765 due to financial hardship

07/27/2010: RFE (I-864 instead of I-864EZ) - expedited processing cancelled.

08/09/2010: I-131 delivered to USCIS (according to USPS)

08/13/2010: RFE response NAO received per e-mail. (USPS receipt 08/11/2010)

08/16/2010: Requested expedited processing again.

08/24/2010: Contacted Representative about help. Inquired to USCIS, told us they couldn't ask for any kind of preferred processing, and gave us status update (At the "judicial stage of the process"?)

08/25/2010: Work permit card production ordered!

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Many cultures celebrate Christmas in July! For example . . . uhhh . . . . uhhh . . . . uhhh . . . . can't think of any right now.

You do not want to use AP if you overstayed, as CBP would not let you back into the US. CBP does not care that USCIS gave you an AP document.

Other than that, you should have your Green Card long before Christmas.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

 
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