Help PLEASE!!! Death in the family :(((

[Sandra G. 5,038]

Walk in and they will issue the advance parole right away,in some cases in a few hours. Do not forget to take evidence of the emergency.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Walk in and they will issue the advance parole right away,in some cases in a few hours. Do not forget to take evidence of the emergency.

This is not ALWAYS the case. Friend of mine had proof. She was approved but they posted it out. It arrived the day of the funeral and thus was useless.

[Jason96 1]

I agree - Go into the USCIS Field Office and explain the situation.

You're wasting time plugging away on the internet for a solution. Your best bet is to talk to someone in person for this.

Thanks everyone for your help! We were able to figure out how to get thru the menu in InfoPass to schedule an appointment at the nearest field office, so we have an appointment now for tomorrow, and we will see what they will tell us. We do not have an AP, so hopefully they will just grant us one right away so we can purchase our plane ticket.

You help was very much appreciated!! Thanks again!

Take care and may God bless!

[Sandra G. 5,038]

I speak for all cases that I have acknowledge, all of them just walked-in, showed proof of the emergency and had the AP granted. In case of denial submit a motion to reconsider with the office that made the unfavorable decision.Good luck.

Edited June 3, 2012 by sandranj

[james&olya 1,121]

Thanks everyone for your help! We were able to figure out how to get thru the menu in InfoPass to schedule an appointment at the nearest field office, so we have an appointment now for tomorrow, and we will see what they will tell us. We do not have an AP, so hopefully they will just grant us one right away so we can purchase our plane ticket.

You help was very much appreciated!! Thanks again!

Take care and may God bless!

If you have time, post a brief note here to let everyone know what they do for you. My thoughts are with you and your family.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

You will need a copy of the death cert or a letter from the hospital. This can be faxed copies.

[nicky&imad 16]

sorry to hear of the loss of your father-in-law. Hope you and your wife are able too attend.

[Andy and Pui 16]

Sorry to hear about your father-in-law. We had something similar happen. I'm not sure if you filed for the AP when you sent in the AOS documents. It should be a fairly easy process to get the emergency AP. Also go to a Walgreen's or some other place to get 2 passport pics of your wife, we had to leave and go get the pics and then go back. Also when Pui translated her brother's death certificate she wrote the date as DD-MM-YYYY and they asked about that and I said in Thailand they write the date in DD-MM-YYYY format. Good luck over the next day and few weeks and I hope everything goes smoothly for you. Please keep us posted how it goes at the info pass.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Here is an alternative option. I recently had a friend, who's Pinay wife's mother had an unexpected early death. My Kano friend took a no -nonsense, non-emotional response to it. Simply, the money (about $5000 when ALL expenses were tallied) used for rushing off to the PI suddenly, could be used for better things, like starting a business for his wife here. So instead of rushing off to Cebu on a midnight flight, the $ was used on the living instead of the dead, and the wife remained in the USA and did whatever she could from her computer instead of a costly trip to the PI. Very impressive when the rational mind over rules the emotional. Best wishes for your circumstance.

Edited June 4, 2012 by SuperDuper!

[Kiv 32]

I am sorry for your wife's lost.

I had an emergency before, I went to the office without an info pass and I explained to the person a the edoor my problem, he let me in, then I went to an information window and the person there was very helpful, she gave me a form to fill and told me what documetns I needed for an emergency parole. (which Thanks god I did not use because I got my GC 2 days after).

Good luck.

[bigdog 376]

FYI we applied for AP after getting EAD, due to our attorney being a bone head. It took about 3/4 week via normal channels, good luck on your emergency AP.

[Jason96 1]

Ok, so I finally have time to update this thread with the results. We went to the Louisville, KY USCIS field office, and we had our InfoPASS appointment paperwork, but we were late, yet they didn't ever mention that and it was not a problem for us. We did not have the death certificate yet, nor did we have a letter from the office, the only thing we had were emails and facebook posts about him dying. Despite not having solid proof of death, they accepted the emails and facebook posts as sufficient, and then they told us we could process for $360. I told them I didn't think we were required to pay a fee because we had already filed our I-485 and we had her EAD already, but the lady insisted we had to pay the fee because we were expediting. After telling her there was no expedite fee listed on the form, she said we would just have to wait for the supervisor to get back from lunch, so we waited for a while and when he got back, he agreed that we were exempt from having to pay the fee, and so they gave us two re-entry permits for one year validity. We were soooooo thrilled to get the AP permits, and we offered up a prayer right then to thank God for blessing us, and I must say that overall the officials at that office were very helpful and they really worked with us despite the fact that we didn't have the evidence they needed. Also, they only accept money orders or checks at that office, so I only had a credit card on me at that time, and since we were a long ways from there, that is what led me to question the fee, which in the end resulted in not even having to pay it, thank the good Lord!!!!! So that part is done now.

I now have a problem, as I just realized that my passport is five months from expiring, and I have been reading that if you don't have more than six months left until your passport expires, that I might have problems getting into the country when I get to customs in the Philippines. Has anyone ever had less than six months on their passport and successfully entered the Philippines? I would greatly love to hear any feedback about that from any that might have knowledge of such things!!!

Thanks!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

After telling her there was no expedite fee listed on the form, she said we would just have to wait for the supervisor to get back from lunch, so we waited for a while and when he got back, he agreed that we were exempt from having to pay the fee, and so they gave us two re-entry permits for one year validity. We were soooooo thrilled to get the AP permits, and we offered up a prayer right then to thank God for blessing us, and I must say that overall the officials at that office were very helpful and they really worked with us despite the fact that we didn't have the evidence they needed. Also, they only accept money orders or checks at that office, so I only had a credit card on me at that time, and since we were a long ways from there, that is what led me to question the fee, which in the end resulted in not even having to pay it, thank the good Lord!!!!! So that part is done now.

No they didnt. They gave HER two ADVANCED PAROLE documents. Totally different paperwork. But CONGRATS!!

[gWapaKo 0]

I hope you can still read my comment. Crossfinger. I need your help as we have the same situation. I wanted to go home because my dad passed away 3 days ago, unfortunately, my aos is still on process and I did not file for advance parole, thinking that I will not to travel right away. I made an appointment to infopass but it broke my heart when the available day of appointment is September 14 and the burial day of my papa is on the 10th. What shall I do? I am so down now. I wanna go home and see my dad for the last time. Can I just go to local uscis without any appointment letter? Will they let me in? How about the fees? Am I going to pay for AP fees? Please help..

[ceadsearc 516]

You can try to go to your local office without an appointment (bring evidence of the death and your pending AOS) but you may not be allowed in. Is there another office you can get to with a sooner Infopass? You don't have to go to the closest one.

Otherwise, do you have overstay? If not you could always leave and file for a CR-1 from abroad but you'd have to stay abroad until that was completed.