Clarification on AP

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My fiance (who's here in the US working on an H2B visa) and I are a couple weeks away from getting married and we're working on putting together her paper work for AOS. I've read through the I-131 instructions and some of the old posts on this forum, but I'm still a little confused about how advance parole works. The instructions on the USCIS website say advance parole is "an extraordinary measure used sparingly" but it seems from reading this forum its not that hard to get, true?.

Also, I'm unclear on what needs to be submitted as far as her reasons for going home. Will it be enough for her to say she just wants to visit home for a little while? She wants to go home to visit for a month or 2 before she comes back and gets another (non H2B type) job. Also, we'd like to do some traveling to Europe and the Caribbean sometime over the next year or 2. Is advance parole something she'll have to apply for every time she wants to leave the country or will the documentation she gets after applying this first time be good for multiple re-entry? Will the fact that she first entered on an H2B non-immigrant visa make a difference when it comes to advance parole? Thanks

[Kathryn41 3,205]

She can use for a reason that she has close family still residing out of the country and she wishes to be able to return quickly in case of a family emergency. That leaves it open-ended and valid.

The AP, once granted, is multi-entry (make sure you check that) and can be used whenever she travels outside of the US to return to the US. It will be valid for one year from the time it is approved. If her AOS isn't approved within that time she can apply for a second AP.

I don't know if this would be different since she is here on a work visa or not, nor how applying for AOS affects a work visa. Hopefully, someone else more knowledgeable will be able to fill in that information.