AP Serves No Purpose Very Upset

[Boiler 45,486]

There has been no discussion about the difference between being admitted and paroled. I doubt if this would be something your average CBP officer would be cognisant of.

There has been no discussion about the difference between being admitted and paroled. I doubt if this would be something your average CBP officer would be cognisant of.

[verysadguy 170]

ya, that's what i've been leaning towards, since I first posted, not knowing how she got into the USA that first time.

So if on a tourist visa, marry, overstay, file, then AP is almost worthless, as the overstay is noted in CBP's computers.

I'm wondering Darnell if overstay is just a minor smudge anymore these days.

[Boiler 45,486]

It is, not that I would risk it.

[espared12 52]

Hello everyone! So we made another trip to Mexico this past weekend. We returned yesterday and crossed through the international bridge that we used when my wife crossed with the K1 visa, not the same one where we had that horrid experience. What a difference! We drove up to the first CBP officer and I told him my wife needed to be paroled into the US. He took my US passport and her EAD/AP card and told us she needed to go inside. We were instructed to go to 2nd inspection. The officer politely told us she just needed to get a permit to re enter. He told her to leave her stuff in the car and go inside with him. Even told her she needed $6 to pay for the permit. The officer left her inside and came back out and politely told me it would just be a while, that everything was ok. I waited outside for about 30 minutes. She came back out with a different officer which told her the next time she crossed all she needed was the EAD/AP card and permit they had just assigned to her and told her to leave her Mexican passport at home and to no longer carry it. She told me everyone treated her with respect and everyone knew exactly what was going on. They gave her an I-94 with the EAD/AP expiration date stamped on it. They did not ask for any hospital documentation for her grandmother. She said they fingerprinted her, took her picture and weighed her. She says they made sure she understood what she needed to do next time we traveled back to Mexico. She was very happy, and even laughing with the officer that escorted her back. She's happy now, so if she's happy, I'm happy!

[Boiler 45,486]

How would she get into Mexico without a passport?

She always needs to have that with her anyway.

[Darnell 8,478]

now that's a happy story !

[espared12 52]

How would she get into Mexico without a passport?

She always needs to have that with her anyway.

He told her to leave her Mexican passport with the K1 in it at home. The officer told her all she needed with the EAP/AP combo card and the I-94. We'll still carry it just in case, but he said she had already married and no longer needed it. I guess since it was her previous last name, and the EAD/AP card is updated to her new name.

[Dave&Roza 748]

crossed through the international bridge that we used when my wife crossed with the K1 visa, not the same one where we had that horrid experience.

She said they fingerprinted her, took her picture and weighed her.

I am very glad this time it went smoothly. They must have a weight limit on that bridge and want to make certain they do not exceed it . Never hear of them weighing someone before.

Dave

[espared12 52]

I am very glad this time it went smoothly. They must have a weight limit on that bridge and want to make certain they do not exceed it . Never hear of them weighing someone before.

Dave

Thank you! She says they told her she didn't look the same as on the EAD/AP picture. I guess because she lost weight and changed her hair color. I have no idea why they weighed her either.