i-131 form (Advance Parole)

[Yomtl 0]

Hi!

When completing form i-131 (form for Advance Parole), they ask "On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole.  Include copies of any documents you wish considered."

Since I am filing for Advance Parole at the same time as I am filing for AOS, do I need to provide any extra explanations / documents (since copies of the K1 visa, I-94, etc...will already be attached to the AOS application)?

[Carlawarla 1]

Hi!

When completing form i-131 (form for Advance Parole), they ask "On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole.  Include copies of any documents you wish considered."

Since I am filing for Advance Parole at the same time as I am filing for AOS, do I need to provide any extra explanations / documents (since copies of the K1 visa, I-94, etc...will already be attached to the AOS application)?

If there isn't room on the form, I'd just attach a one paragraph explanation that you'd want to be able to travel on AP back to Canada before obtaining your GC to visit family and friends. Don't put down any specific dates or anything.

[iteachkids81 1]

If there isn't room on the form, I'd just attach a one paragraph explanation that you'd want to be able to travel on AP back to Canada before obtaining your GC to visit family and friends. Don't put down any specific dates or anything.

Why no explanation of dates? what if you need a specific date? I'm not there yet, but I will need to file it for my high school reunion next summer. Or is it a re-usable document? and do you have to file for both after you are already married, or can you do it as soon as you enter the US?

thanks

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

If there isn't room on the form, I'd just attach a one paragraph explanation that you'd want to be able to travel on AP back to Canada before obtaining your GC to visit family and friends. Don't put down any specific dates or anything.

Why no explanation of dates? what if you need a specific date? I'm not there yet, but I will need to file it for my high school reunion next summer. Or is it a re-usable document? and do you have to file for both after you are already married, or can you do it as soon as you enter the US?

thanks

If you have specific dates and you know them, yes put that down.

Most people don't have specific dates so it's good to know you can put either down and be approved.

[SonoranSongbird 3]

Well keep in mind my husband and I are only just starting to fill out the AOS stuff too. There is a box that lets you check off either that you want it for a single use or for more than one trip. I'd say check the more than one trip box even if you only have one planned

I think the question about "why you qualify" and the one about what travel plans you have are two different questions. I don't have the form in front of me---I think so, though. How you qualify is you are applying for AOS. Why you need it you might want to go home. If you have specific plans---in your case, your HS reunion---you might mention that as well.

The form does seem to ask for very specific information and the directions say something about AP being an "extraordinary remedy" to be approved "rarely," but I don't think that's really true.

And you have to file when you file AOS after you are married, not immediately upon entry.

[Carlawarla 1]

If there isn't room on the form, I'd just attach a one paragraph explanation that you'd want to be able to travel on AP back to Canada before obtaining your GC to visit family and friends. Don't put down any specific dates or anything.

Why no explanation of dates? what if you need a specific date? I'm not there yet, but I will need to file it for my high school reunion next summer. Or is it a re-usable document? and do you have to file for both after you are already married, or can you do it as soon as you enter the US?

thanks

I said that because on another forum, specifically AOS, someone said they put down specific dates, and that's what it had on their AP, JUST those specific dates...some silly language that suggested that the document was for those specific dates. Now, for me...if I was wanting to use it for several months AFTER that date, I wouldn't want some BO denying me access to leave, or have a hassle at the border because it was some date other than what was on the form. You don't need a date on the form. You want to be able to travel back and forth once you have the document when you want. Now, hopefully that other person doesn't have any problem, but I sure as heck given some of the info here on crossing the border, wouldn't want to chance it. Just my opinion....certainly not fact.

[SonoranSongbird 3]

I said that because on another forum, specifically AOS, someone said they put down specific dates, and that's what it had on their AP, JUST those specific dates...some silly language that suggested that the document was for those specific dates.

I'd be wary of putting down specific dates for that reason as well. There is a section where you can check off either a box that says one trip only or a box that says "more than one." So, theoretically, you should be fine if you check the more than one trip box, but I wouldn't want to give them any reason to misunderstand. Processing AOS is supposedly slowing down and even if you think you will only be taking one specific trip before you get your green card (as we are--Calgary for Christmas), it is better to have it in case you plan another later than to not have it and find you need it.

[Cassie 8]

Hi!

When completing form i-131 (form for Advance Parole), they ask "On a separate sheet(s) of paper, please explain how you qualify for an advance parole document and what circumstances warrant issuance of advance parole. Include copies of any documents you wish considered."

Since I am filing for Advance Parole at the same time as I am filing for AOS, do I need to provide any extra explanations / documents (since copies of the K1 visa, I-94, etc...will already be attached to the AOS application)?

Yomtl:

even though you file for three different forms at the same time, they go off in different directions. If they ask for passport pictures in the AOS and the AP forms (as an example), you have to submit two sets of photographs, one set for each form.

i included a separate letter, indicating that I was applying for AOS, and AP as well. I then listed the reasons why I wanted AP (I had about six of them) and stated that I thought I would be using it at least once "mid-May" as well as a summertime trip (no specific dates indicated). Had no problems.

[SonoranSongbird 3]

even though you file for three different forms at the same time, they go off in different directions. If they ask for passport pictures in the AOS and the AP forms (as an example), you have to submit two sets of photographs, one set for each form.

i included a separate letter, indicating that I was applying for AOS, and AP as well. I then listed the reasons why I wanted AP (I had about six of them) and stated that I thought I would be using it at least once "mid-May" as well as a summertime trip (no specific dates indicated). Had no problems.

Thank you, Cassie. I actually did not know they would be separated like that, and the way you did the separate letter seems pretty sensible for our situation as well, so that was helpful for me too.