What is your actual status (for traveling) after filing AOS/getting AP?

[auturbine 10]

Hi all,

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question: my wife and I are currently going through the AOS process (filed last month) and I'm applying to get an Emergency Advance Parole so I can be with my grandmother, who unfortunately has a terminal diagnosis and doesn't have long to live (our timeline would have me currently getting Advance Parole in October). You can see the timeline in my signature, but I have the NAO1 for all our paperwork and a date for my biometrics appointment (August 17th, next Wednesday).

My InfoPass appointment is tomorrow, and my wife and I are anticipating traveling over to be with my family as soon as possible after that. At the time of us starting the AOS, I had finished my F-1 OPT employment and had begun my 60-day grace period (which lasts until early September).

So when I return from the trip (on the Emergency Advance Parole), what will my status be? I'm assuming I don't need to fill out an ESTA, but I'll also no longer be in F-1 status. So what does that make me? Is there a technical term for someone who is awaiting adjudication of their AOS? Like I said, sorry if this is a dumb question.

Also: Do you think while I'm at my InfoPass tomorrow to get the AP, I'll be able to get my biometrics done at the same time? I have my letter with the biometrics appointment (7 days later) but I figure it can't hurt to just get it done while I'm there and before I travel. Thoughts?

[arken 4,197]

You will technically be in Parolee status with pending AOS.

Biometrics are done in ASC and InfoPass is done in USCIS filed office which are different locations in New York City. Have you checked the addresses in your Biometrics notice and InfoPass appointment? You can try walking in for Biometrics in your designated ASC though.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Do you have medical documentation in writing to present at your InfoPass appointment? They don't typically take your word.

[auturbine 10]

You will technically be in Parolee status with pending AOS.

Biometrics are done in ASC and InfoPass is done in USCIS filed office which are different locations in New York City. Have you checked the addresses in your Biometrics notice and InfoPass appointment? You can try walking in for Biometrics in your designated ASC though.

Thank you! Parolee status is what I was looking for. If the airline asks for visa information (which from memory they do if the person traveling hasn't filled out an ESTA), I should just say I'm in parolee status and show them the AP, right?

And thanks for the biometrics classification - I actually hadn't thought about that. You're right, the notice for my biometrics appointment is for the local office in Brooklyn (closer to me than the USCIS field office in Manhattan) - I'll try to do a walk-in after I have my AP sorted out.

[auturbine 10]

Do you have medical documentation in writing to present at your InfoPass appointment? They don't typically take your word.

Yes, I'll be bringing:

• A signed note from my grandmother's doctor explaining her condition & prognosis
• Copies of birth certificate for myself & my mother, as well as my parents' marriage certificate, to establish my relationship to maternal grandmother (who still has my mother's maiden name)
• Another I-131 filled out and signed, with additional passport photos, and a checkbook in case they want me to pay to file again
• My I-797C receipts of notice, printed copy of my most recent I-94
• Passport

Anything that I might have forgotten?

[newacct 688]

Thank you! Parolee status is what I was looking for. If the airline asks for visa information (which from memory they do if the person traveling hasn't filled out an ESTA), I should just say I'm in parolee status and show them the AP, right?

You will be a parolee after you enter on AP. You don't have a "status" while outside the US. Airlines will ask for the document you will be using to enter, which for you is the AP.

[auturbine 10]

You will be a parolee after you enter on AP. You don't have a "status" while outside the US. Airlines will ask for the document you will be using to enter, which for you is the AP.

Ah, right. Thanks