Do I have to be have the AP in hands to return to the US?

[pkbrazil 0]

I will send the applications of the AOS and AP on the very beginning of 2007. However, I will leave the US on mid March, 75 days after submitting them. According to this website, it takes in average 83 days for the AP to be approved. Therefore, there is a chance that I will be out of the US at that point. I expect the AP to be approved by the time I return to the US. Do I have to have the AP in hands to show to the airport official? Or is the AP information already included in the immigration system?

Thanks,

[ardilla 0]

Hi pkbrazil, you must have the document in your hands when you enter the US. If you don't have it with you you will not be let back into the US.

Don't leave home without it

[pkbrazil 0]

Hi pkbrazil, you must have the document in your hands when you enter the US. If you don't have it with you you will not be let back into the US.

Don't leave home without it

Thank you, Ardilla.

I really appreciate it.

[jula 0]

Yes, you'll need AP in your hands to re-enter the US... but, AP has to be issued before you leave...

"If you travel before the advance parole document is issued, your application will be deemed abandoned if

1. You depart from the United States; or

2.The person seeking advance parole attempts to enter the United States before a decision is made on the application. (not your case: If you are outside the United States and need to visit the United States temporarily for emergent humanitarian reasons:)

[Kez/JWolf 6]

If you leave before the issue date of the AP you will need to start you visa journey from the beginning as you will be deemed to have abandoned your AOS.......

hope your trip is worth it.....

[rebeccajo 14]

Are you already married?

File that sucker now. Don't wait till January.

[Yodrak 7]

pkbrazil,

Yes, the word 'advance' in the term 'advance parole' means exactly what it says - get your parole papers in advance of leaving.

Yodrak

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Don't leave home without it