Effect of filing Humanitarian parole while immigrant case is pending

[sol_sol 31]

Does anyone know whether filing I-131 or humanitarian parole will slow down or have any adverse effect on the status of pending  IR-5 immigrant case ?

[aaron2020 11,651]

What's the rationale behind filing for humanitarian parole?  

[sol_sol 31]

Old parent is alone in home country. Whole family has been migrated including her only son and all siblings. No one from her family is there. Waiting for immigrant visa but long backlog for IR-5 cases. 

I do not know whether she is eligible to file humanitarian parole or not. 

[aaron2020 11,651]

Sorry, your parent will not get humanitarian parole.  It's for urgent emergencies.  Voluntary separation is not a reason to grant humanitarian parole.  

Your parent can apply, but it will be a waste of time and money.  

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Agree with Aaron. The rest of the family choosing to emigrate and leave her behind is not a reason for humanitarian parole. 

[sol_sol 31]

@SusieQQQ  and aaron2020

Thank you for replies. I know it is tough but my question was that will it affect her immigrant visa processing. My question us still unanswered

[sol_sol 31]

@SusieQQQ  and aaron2020

Thank you for replies. I know it is tough but my question was that will it affect her immigrant visa processing. My question us still unanswered

@SusieQQQ

Everyone has a different situations. As we know immigration is a lengthy and uncertain process. 'Leaving her behind' is  a harsh statement. May be she had no sponsor that time and her son has sponsored her now.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

26 minutes ago, sol_sol said:

@SusieQQQ  and aaron2020

Thank you for replies. I know it is tough but my question was that will it affect her immigrant visa processing. My question us still unanswered

I wouldn't be surprised if it slowed it down, I have heard not of a humanitarian parole case specifically but where more than one case is going on for someone, I have heard of cases where the main file needs to be sent to the other service center or department or whatever so that they can look at the case holistically and it delays the case for the time that takes.

 

7 minutes ago, sol_sol said:

 

@SusieQQQ

Everyone has a different situations. As we know immigration is a lengthy and uncertain process. 'Leaving her behind' is  a harsh statement. May be she had no sponsor that time and her son has sponsored her now.

And that is how US immigration looks at things, harshly. Their obvious response to "she's all alone" is "one of you can go and stay with her until she gets her visa". Is it inconvenient to you to do that? Of course, probably very much so if you have a family and job in the US. But to USCIS or DoS, that inconvenience is not a good enough reason for humanitarian parole. Just reading earlier of someone whose SB1 got denied for staying out too long in the middle of covid, because despite health fears and losing job in US, the embassy told him he "could have" flown back to the US if he wanted. They are harsh. 

 

 

Edited March 9, 2021 by SusieQQQ