Travel outside USA

[Ethel Joy 15]

Hello guys I have a question regards to my close friend. She ask me if she can go travel outside the USA. I told her that it's one time entry and I myself are not pretty sure what to say to help her. Well I also don't want to speculate and want to know if it's fine or there's any documents she can use to do so. She just got married and apply for AOS. and they're planning to go for a trip outside the country. 

[Lupigirl 67]

Did she come here on a K-1 (fiancé) visa?  When she applied for AOS, she should have also applied for AP (travel document, form I-131) which would allow her to leave the U.S. and return while her application is being processed.  Until she receives that card, she should not leave.  Otherwise her application will be considered abandoned.  

[Ethel Joy 15]

1 minute ago, Lupigirl said:

Did she come here on a K-1 (fiancé) visa?  When she applied for AOS, she should have also applied for AP (travel document, form I-131) which would allow her to leave the U.S. and return while her application is being processed.  Until she receives that card, she should not leave.  Otherwise her application will be considered abandoned.  

She got here June and got married the same month and applied AOS last month and I believe she got her biometrics done. And now they're planning to go travel outside the country.

[Lupigirl 67]

8 minutes ago, Jessie K. said:

She got here June and got married the same month and applied AOS last month and I believe she got her biometrics done. And now they're planning to go travel outside the country.

She will be refused entry if she leaves and tries to return without her Advanced Parole.  Usually this is issued as a combo card, along with the EAD (work authorization) that can be applied for while awaiting AOS.  

 

She can still apply for those documents, at no cost, as long as she submits her receipt from the I-485 application.  But it will take about 90 days or more to receive. Until she gets it, she should NOT leave the country.

[Dutchster 1,107]

If she leaves without advance parole, she won't be let back into the country and her AOS petition is considered abandoned.

[Ethel Joy 15]

Thank you guys. I will tell  her the informations.

[PedroDaGr8 245]

If she did not file for Advanced Parole yet, she can still file for free. She just needs to include a copy of the I797 from the I485. It will take around 3 months for her to get the AP card. Once she has that, then she can travel outside the USA safely and legally.