Married to US citizen/ passport expiration

[linabta 0]

To whom it will concern,

I got married to US citizen in May 2013, my visa expired in August 2013, we applied the documents just now they are not ready yet. But my passport will expire in December,

can i leave the country without any trouble? and what documents i should present to the officer at the border, if my travel document will not be ready by December? how will i be ready to come back to US?

Thank you

Galina

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[Penguin_ie 5,996]

**** Moving from DCF to Travelling During US imigration ****

How did you get to the US in the first place? Ie K1, or work visa, or student visa etc?

Can you not renew your non-US passport with your country's embassy?

Did you apply for the EAD/ AP combo card?

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To whom it will concern,

I got married to US citizen in May 2013, my visa expired in August 2013, we applied the documents just now they are not ready yet. But my passport will expire in December,

can i leave the country without any trouble? and what documents i should present to the officer at the border, if my travel document will not be ready by December? how will i be ready to come back to US?

Thank you

Galina

Why do you need to leave the country? If you leave the U.S. during AOS without Advance Parole and without H or L status, you will abandon your AOS.

[linabta 0]

**** Moving from DCF to Travelling During US imigration ****

How did you get to the US in the first place? Ie K1, or work visa, or student visa etc?

Can you not renew your non-US passport with your country's embassy?

Did you apply for the EAD/ AP combo card?

I got here with a student visa,

Yes I could renew my passport in US, but It takes 4 months, I have an emrgency at home.

I applied I-765, I-485, I-131 Forms.

Why do you need to leave the country? If you leave the U.S. during AOS without Advance Parole and without H or L status, you will abandon your AOS.

I have an emrgency at home.

I could renew my passport in US, but It takes 4 months,

I applied I-765, I-485, I-131 Forms. But none of them are ready yet...

What is AOS?

thank u

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

AOS is Adjustment of Status, the process you are going through now. We have a Guide to explain it here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

YOu need AP (Advance Parole) before you can travel.

[newacct 688]

I have an emrgency at home.

I could renew my passport in US, but It takes 4 months,

I applied I-765, I-485, I-131 Forms. But none of them are ready yet...

What is AOS?

thank u

So I understand that you have filed I-485 and I-131, etc., but they have no been approved yet?

There are two unrelated things you are asking about.

First, if you leave the U.S. without advance parole, your adjustment of status (i.e. green card application, I-485) will be abandoned. For that you need to make an infopass appointment at a USCIS office and ask for emergency Advance Parole, with proof of the emergency and I-131. See http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=5436f0cb861c5210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4c790a5659083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

Then, you are saying that your passport is close to expiring, and it takes a long time to get a new one. But since your passport is not expired, you can use it to go back to your country now, before it expires. Once you get back to your country, you can get a new one there (hopefully more conveniently).