My family is going to Las Vegas in April and we'd love to go see them for a couple days but we're just filing paper work this month so I doubt I'll have Advanced Parole By then. I'd love you see them and since its not much more than an hour flight we'd love to try.(We won't be seeing this summer too expensive especialy with a baby on the way)

Anyone know if I fly with in the US ?? Or should I look at taking a bus??

You absolutely can fly in the US. AP is just used for getting back into the US if you leave the country. Have fun with your family!!!!!

There is NO restriction on domestic travel, fly, train, car, bus...

AP is only needed to re-enter the USA from trips abroad, like to Canada..

Make sure you are using your passport for identification when travelling...you can use your driver's license but passport is preferred..

so if you were flying into, say, Seattle, and your plane was diverted to Vancouver because of some disaster, would you be hooped or would the immigration people go easy on you?

just curious

They would have to. It is no fault of yours. It would be like a hijacking just nicer.

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Same would happen with a flight from Boston to Minneapolis, if they had an in flight emergency while over Canada, the may have to land in Ottawa or Toronto. This would be acceptable, your entry to Canada would be involuntary.

Just make sure you don't have a scheduled transfer (e.g. flying on air canada going from one us city to another via canada). Although you would be considered in transit, if your flight was canceled or some reason you were forced to stay in canada for the night - then you will have to re enter the us.

The TSA is now CHECKING VISAS of anyone with a foreign passport. If you are out of status, I would NOT recommend flying domestically. The implementation of this new policy is hit-or-miss at the moment, and my wife (who is out of status) flew from Phoenix to San Juan Puerto Rico yesterday and it was the most nerve-wracking trip of my life!

We got e-tickets at the kiosk, checked our baggage, (no ID check at the ticket counter) and went to the security gate. At the gate the TSA officer checked my US drivers licence, then checked my wifes Jamaican passport...... I had taken a hint from a international airline pilot's forum and put a bunch of paperclips and slips of paper, etc. making it difficult for him to flip right to the visa page....it worked. He flipped through what he could easily see and let us through....it was the scariest ten seconds of my life.

I should also mention that I brought every piece of documentation tha I had establishing our marriage bona fides, as well as the receipt from the USPS for our I-130, just in case....
I HAD to travel by air, as I had taken a job in PR. Otherwise I would never have attempted it.
Google TSA Visa. There are some links there worth checking out.

I wish you the best of luck!
-Ed

Depending on your state of course, but you can consider getting a non driver ID. In IL the rules only say you need a SSN and proof of address and ID. We use this to travel domestically.
W