Dear all,

I also have an important question. I just got my AP approved and I have already bought my ticket to go to Egypt soon and I was wondering if I have to announce the immigrations about my leave or do I just show up at the airport with my approved I-512L documents and that's it?

Any suggestions on this one would be greatly apprectiated.

Thanks in advance.

R.

You don't have to let them know you are leaving, unless it will be for longer than 60 days I think. Also, make sure to take both of the sheets of AP that came together. I was reading on VJ of a poster that took only 1 since they are identical, and then immigration gave her trouble about where is the other one. So better to bring both and be safe

Good luck on your travels!

I've now used my AP docs twice (driving to Canada) ... the officer the last time told me that I am supposed to have them take my I94 out of my passport when I leave and then they put a new one in when I return .. that way they know when I'm in and out of the country.

I was told that if your travelling by air you need both copies as they may not have facilities to photocopy the document.

Hi,

I have another question. What's the limit of the time to be spent abroad (outside the USA) on my AP? I've heard it's up to 6 months to be abroad. Is it true?

Also, I need to know if it's up to 6 months total until I get my green card or does it count as a new period up to 6 months everytime I leave the US and return back here?

Thanks in advance.


R.

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Take both copies...they will keep one when you enter. turn in the I-94 and get a new one when you return. Stay out of the US until one day before it expires if you want, just dont miss any AOS interview.

Dont have to notify anyone...no one will care.

Where and when do I turn in the I-94? I turn in at the airport? Do I turn it in the moment I am departuring from the US to overseas or when entering the US?

Thanks in advance for your help.


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I definitely wouldn't want to miss the AOS interview. But I don't what you said here "Stay out of the US until one day before it expires if you want". What exactly is suppose to expire here if I don't return a day before it does? I think I understand I have to turn in my I-94 and get a new one ONLY when I return to the US? Or can I/ would I have to do that on my departure day at the airport?

I am sorry for not understanding you and asking alot around this, I just wanna make sure nothing goes wrong with this.

Thanks again.

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1. They will remove the I-94 from your passport at the airport. They will give you a new one when you return. If the I-94 wasn't removed from your passport before you left, they will take it out when you return.
2. Desert_Fox is saying that you need to return to the US before the expiry date on the AP. So, if the expiry date says July 14, 2008 make sure you are back in the US no later than July 13, 2008. If you allow the AP to expire before returning to the US they will not let you back in. (Assuming they have not yet issued you a GC.)

That's very helpful, thank you!!!

What I mean to ask was that if I am outside the US for more than 6 month even if my AP haven't expired, would that effect applying for a citizenship? That's what I heard that's why I am asking. Heard that I can be outside the US up to 6 months in the first two years otherwise if I stay longer than that, then it would effect applying for citizenship. Do you know anything about that?

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Not six months..... one year. From the USCIS General Naturalization Requirements:

Residence and Physical Presence An applicant is eligible to file if, immediately preceding the filing of the application, he or she:

• has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see preceding section);
• has resided continuously as a lawful permanent resident in the U.S. for at least 5 years prior to filing with no single absence from the United States of more than one year;
• has been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the previous five years (absences of more than six months but less than one year shall disrupt the applicant's continuity of residence unless the applicant can establish that he or she did not abandon his or her residence during such period)
  has resided within a state or district for at least three months

Thank you!!!

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