Advanced Parole

[jwyn3150 1]

Hey everyone!

My wife is going to visit her family and we wanted to know which specific documents she should take with her for re-entry.

We currently have:

Marriage license

Passport

Advanced Parole Approval with Employment Authorization Card.

And that's basically it for now. We tried to google this but we're coming up short with answers.

Thanks!

[TBoneTX 45,914]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Working & Traveling forum -- OP is past the K-1 phase. ***

[clairegie 265]

Also bring your NOA for adjustment of status. Some CBP officers understand NOAs more than the EAD Card. Believe it or not, a lot of them have never seen the combo card before. This is based on my experience when traveled last year.

Edited January 21, 2016 by iammrsregie

[Dashinka 24,731]

Your list is correct with the addition of the NOA. My wife never traveled on an AP, but has with her GC. In Detroit, the re-entry has been changed to electronic kiosks. She scanned her GC and provided her fingerprints as well as declared anything for customs. No one asked to see either her passport or marriage license upon re-entry, but she had them with her.

Good Luck!

[jwyn3150 1]

Also bring your NOA for adjustment of status. Some CBP officers understand NOAs more than the EAD Card. Believe it or not, a lot of them have never seen the combo card before. This is based on my experience when traveled last year.

Your list is correct with the addition of the NOA. My wife never traveled on an AP, but has with her GC. In Detroit, the re-entry has been changed to electronic kiosks. She scanned her GC and provided her fingerprints as well as declared anything for customs. No one asked to see either her passport or marriage license upon re-entry, but she had them with her.

Good Luck!

Thanks! Informed my wife and she will have a copy of the NOA with her when she comes back.

[djicet 1]

Hello,

I'm a Canadian citizen, moved to the US on a K1, currently awaiting interview for AOS. I already have EAD, social security and California driver license done. I'm about to apply for Advance Parole to go on a cruise to Mexico. My question is when I enter Mexico, do I use my Canadian passport, and when I return I use the AP? Or do I show them everything like passport with expired K1 visa, AP/EAD card, marriage certificate, NOA for AOS, etc?

How does the process of going into another country work? All the answers I found was about obtaining the AP, but I want to know how to physically cross the borders and with which document.

Thank You

[clairegie 265]

Hello,

I'm about to apply for Advance Parole to go on a cruise to Mexico. My question is when I enter Mexico, do I use my Canadian passport, and when I return I use the AP? Yes

Or do I show them everything like passport with expired K1 visa, AP/EAD card, marriage certificate, NOA for AOS, etc? You do this when you are coming back into the US.

When we went to Mexico last year (we drove across the border from San Diego) they didn't ask for anything. They don't really care who goes into Mexico, its who comes back into USA that they are careful about.

Bring everything the OP listed plus the AOS NOA. Since we were only there for a day, they didn't require a tourist permit. I read on this site that if you stay over 72 hours, you need a permit. There is a possibility that they will ask you to go into their office so they can do background checks and ask you why you have an AP. Just let them know you have a pending AOS.

http://www.sandiego.org/articles/international/documentation-you-need-to-cross-the-usmexico-border.aspx

Safe travels!

[djicet 1]

Thank you so much for the clarification! Cheers