Emergency Advance Parole with no biometrics

[jives11 1]

Hi everyone,

 

I am in the middle of adjusting my status from B1 from Canada (I was caught on the US side of the border visiting my husband when the whole pandemic went down). We just got our NOA on Aug 10.

 

One Friday my dad was in a motorcycle accident and died, and I am trying to figure out how to get back to Canada so I can isolate and then help with dealing with all his stuff. He and my mom were separated, and right now she and my younger sisters are dealing with everything.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't had my biometrics appointment yet, and USCIS says we can't go further in the process without the biometrics - which based on my NOA date I doubt will be soon. Is there anything I can do other that abandon my application or leave my family hanging?

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

I am sorry for your loss, but you are in a dilemma now. You can’t have emergency advance parole without biometrics. You have to pick what is more important to you.

[jives11 1]

30 minutes ago, NancyNguyen said:

I am sorry for your loss, but you are in a dilemma now. You can’t have emergency advance parole without biometrics. You have to pick what is more important to you.

That was what I was afraid of. Thank you.

[SusnOwen 159]

Try calling your Senator and Congressman - all the offices have departments to help with immigration.  Also, I would request an expedite - they should be able to get your biometrics scheduled ASAP - I wouldn't just abandon hope or your petition without exhausting every avenue.

 

I hit send before I finished, lol - I am very sorry for your loss, I can't imagine being so far at a difficult time.

Edited August 31, 2020 by SusnOwen

[jives11 1]

11 minutes ago, SusnOwen said:

Try calling your Senator and Congressman - all the offices have departments to help with immigration.  Also, I would request an expedite - they should be able to get your biometrics scheduled ASAP - I wouldn't just abandon hope or your petition without exhausting every avenue.

 

I hit send before I finished, lol - I am very sorry for your loss, I can't imagine being so far at a difficult time.

Thank you! We have left a message with our Congresswoman and are waiting for them to get back to us, but I'll also look into an expedite.

[jives11 1]

Just as an update - we contacted our member of Congress' office and after a lot of back and forth with them and USCIS we managed to get an emergency Infopass appointment and a 30 day emergency advance parole document, and were able to immediately cross the border.

[payxibka 10,045]

Advance parole doesn't require biometrics 

[SusnOwen 159]

3 hours ago, jives11 said:

Just as an update - we contacted our member of Congress' office and after a lot of back and forth with them and USCIS we managed to get an emergency Infopass appointment and a 30 day emergency advance parole document, and were able to immediately cross the border.

So happy that worked out for you and you could get to your family.

[juancarlos 126]

22 hours ago, payxibka said:

Advance parole doesn't require biometrics 

Are you sure about this?

[payxibka 10,045]

4 hours ago, juancarlos said:

Are you sure about this?

Quite

[jives11 1]

48 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Quite

All I know is that the first two times we called USCIS they wouldn't proceed with an emergency parole appt because I didn't have biometrics. I eventually got my emergency parole without biometrics, but it was only because of contacting our member of congress who got us an emergency Infopass appt. So maybe I just didn't know the right words to say - but if it hadn't been for them directly contacting USCIS I'm sure I would still be in Michigan.

[madala 32]

Sorry for your loss, follow Canuck! It appears that most hard problems will eventually be resolved, somehow!

Good luck

[David18 0]

Hi, 

 

I got my infopass appointment booked for this coming Tuesday without having my biometrics done. will they deny my emergency advance parole because i dont have biometrics? when i called USCIS to book the appointment i told them i did not do my biometrics yet but they said since its for a medical emergency they were able to book it. so my question is will they deny my emergency advance parole because i dont have biometrics?

 

Thanks guys

[payxibka 10,045]

8 hours ago, David18 said:

Hi, 

 

I got my infopass appointment booked for this coming Tuesday without having my biometrics done. will they deny my emergency advance parole because i dont have biometrics? when i called USCIS to book the appointment i told them i did not do my biometrics yet but they said since its for a medical emergency they were able to book it. so my question is will they deny my emergency advance parole because i dont have biometrics?

 

Thanks guys

AP does not need biometrics 

[emrie 10]

I just wanted to say I'm sorry for your loss and I'm glad you were able to get an emergency document to cross the border. My husband is also Canadian and has a father in poor health, and we definitely had conversations about what might happen if something went wrong, especially when everything was shut down in March - May.