AOS filed, but not Travel Document I-131

[JohnL 4]

We filed for Digna's AOS, to include her EAD but not her I-131 travel document on Jan 15. Now her mother is ill and I want to be prepared if it becomes a panic situation. I guess I should have thought of that before..........

What are the options now???? If I file for the I-131, do I file it local or at the National Service Center? What would happen if her mother became very ill and she needed to return to El Salvador without a travel document?

John

[kitkat1 5]

Any adjustment of status applicant who leaves the U.S. without advance parole is automatically considered abandoning his/her application for adjustment of status. Such a person will generally not be allowed back in the U.S. The person would have to do consular processing while remaining out of US.

You must apply for advance parole before leaving the US. If you depart from the US or attempt to enter the US before a decision is made on the application, your application will be considered abandoned.

If the applicant didn't apply for Advance Parole at the time filing AOS application, and he/she needs to go temporarily outside of US for a genuine emergency and can prove that, then he/she can go to nearest USCIS office and attempt to get it immediately.