Advance Parole

[brtlmj 0]

OK, I am officially confused. I thought that AP was something I could apply for so that I can travel freely before I get my GC. I was also under the impression that getting AP was not a big problem.

However, I have read the instructyions accompanying form I-131, and...

Advance parole is an extraordinary measure used sparingly to bring an otherwise inadmissible alien to the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.

You may apply if you have an adjustment of status application pending and you seek to travel abroad for emergent personal or bona fide business reasons

...and in Part 7:

On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole. Include copies of any documents you wish considered.

Does it all mean that I need a really good reason to travel if I want to apply for AP ? Won't "I might want to go abroad some day" be enough ?

Thanks !

Bartek

[John & Annie 0]

OK, I am officially confused. I thought that AP was something I could apply for so that I can travel freely before I get my GC. I was also under the impression that getting AP was not a big problem.

However, I have read the instructyions accompanying form I-131, and...

Advance parole is an extraordinary measure used sparingly to bring an otherwise inadmissible alien to the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.

You may apply if you have an adjustment of status application pending and you seek to travel abroad for emergent personal or bona fide business reasons

...and in Part 7:

On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole. Include copies of any documents you wish considered.

Does it all mean that I need a really good reason to travel if I want to apply for AP ? Won't "I might want to go abroad some day" be enough ?

Thanks !

Bartek

That is what is says, but from what I understand most people that apply get it. They do not check the dates of your travel.

[Yodrak 7]

brtlmj,

With regard to 'extraordinary measure', note that a K1 who has left the USA prior to adjusting status is an inadmissible alien if they have not obtained a new visa, and that having their application for adjustment dismissed on the basis of abandonment is apparently considered to be a compelling emergency.

Note also that "I might want to go abroad some day" fits nicely with the meaning of the word 'emergent'.

Yodrak

OK, I am officially confused. I thought that AP was something I could apply for so that I can travel freely before I get my GC. I was also under the impression that getting AP was not a big problem.

However, I have read the instructyions accompanying form I-131, and...

Advance parole is an extraordinary measure used sparingly to bring an otherwise inadmissible alien to the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.

You may apply if you have an adjustment of status application pending and you seek to travel abroad for emergent personal or bona fide business reasons

...and in Part 7:

On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole. Include copies of any documents you wish considered.

Does it all mean that I need a really good reason to travel if I want to apply for AP ? Won't "I might want to go abroad some day" be enough ?

Thanks !

Bartek

[brtlmj 0]

That is what is says, but from what I understand most people that apply get it. They do not check the dates of your travel.

Good Do you know what is the validity of a typical AP ? Will it cover multiple trips until I get my GC ?

Note also that "I might want to go abroad some day" fits nicely with the meaning of the word 'emergent'.

Fortunately, my dictionary says that you are right I was pretty sure that it had something to do with family emergencies and so on...

Bartek

[pucklechurch 0]

You'll be able to use it for multiple trips for a 12 month period and if you haven't been given your GC by then, you'll have to apply for Advance Parole a second time. The document allows you to travel, so you are not stranded or 'held' in the US whilst your application is processed.

[Donna A 4]

my husband just wrote he wanted to go see his family which he hasnt done since coming here 2 years ago. he was approved and traveled on it with no problems.

[KarenCee 3]

Same here. We applied..got it...and hope we won't need to use it. However, Joel does have a grandfather who could at any time fall ill. We just said "in case I need to go home due to family illness".

[Yodrak 7]

Bartek,

Depends in part on how you answer Part 7, Question 1.

Yodrak

.... Will it cover multiple trips until I get my GC ?

Bartek

[miker32us 6]

Aren't all K-3 multiple entry visas with unlimited travel? Why did your husband have to get AP then?

my husband just wrote he wanted to go see his family which he hasnt done since coming here 2 years ago. he was approved and traveled on it with no problems.

[Yodrak 7]

miker32us,

Look at the dates.

Yodrak

Aren't all K-3 multiple entry visas with unlimited travel? Why did your husband have to get AP then?

my husband just wrote he wanted to go see his family which he hasnt done since coming here 2 years ago. he was approved and traveled on it with no problems.

[miker32us 6]

Yodrak,

So even if you are a K-3, once AOS starts you cannot leave the country? I should have been clearer in my question. If his passport is stamped with K-3 and it is a multiple entry visa why would they need AP?

miker32us,

Look at the dates.

Yodrak

Aren't all K-3 multiple entry visas with unlimited travel? Why did your husband have to get AP then?

my husband just wrote he wanted to go see his family which he hasnt done since coming here 2 years ago. he was approved and traveled on it with no problems.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

...That is what is says, but from what I understand most people that apply get it. They do not check the dates of your travel.

Basically, all one has to do is supply some (maybe bakvas, as I did for Pras) dates of travel.

[Yodrak 7]

miker32us,

Look at the dates. Visas are not open-ended, they expire.

Yodrak

Yodrak,

So even if you are a K-3, once AOS starts you cannot leave the country? I should have been clearer in my question. If his passport is stamped with K-3 and it is a multiple entry visa why would they need AP?

miker32us,

Look at the dates.

Yodrak

Aren't all K-3 multiple entry visas with unlimited travel? Why did your husband have to get AP then?

my husband just wrote he wanted to go see his family which he hasnt done since coming here 2 years ago. he was approved and traveled on it with no problems.