Advanced Parole

[Kathie2009 0]

Hi! I came in US through K1. I applied and granted an ADVANCED PAROLE. May I ask how many months do they allow the bearer to stay out in US? Does anyone experience leaving US and returning using AP? No hassles? I just wonder. Thank you so much.

[payxibka 10,047]

Not a K-1 fiance(e) visa general discussion topic... moving thread..

[HeatDeath 430]

An AP document is intended to serve as a temporary document that will allow CBP to readmit you to the US if you have to leave while your green card application is processing. Once you get your green card, it replaces the AP document. Many people here have reentered the US using an AP document with no hassles. Theoretically, you could stay out on an AP document until the AP document expires, which is usually 1 year from date of issue, but you will absolutely need to return to then US if you receive a notice to report to a local USCIS office for an interview as part of your AOS process. These days green card approvals or interviews are usually coming within 1.5-2.5 months of the AP documents, so I would not plan to stay out more than a month or so.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I would think you would be deliriously happy that you are finally allowed to stay in the USA, the land of the brave and free, the greatest nation on Earth and most likely in the Universe. Many people would not hesitate to cut off an arm or a leg of their own, or poke out one of their eyes for this opportunity and chew it until it turns into liquid.

Yet you ask for the maximum time you can stay away from this great nation that opened its arms to you and welcomed you like its own child. Frankly, I'm offended and sadened that people get awarded the privilege to reside in the USA who apparently don't even desire to live here. How months or years do you want to stay away?

You can stay away as long as you want. No government has the right to tell you where to live and how long to stay away. You are an adult person, and you have the right to do what you feel is best for you.

I came here in 1992 because I wanted to live here more than anything else in life. I have been away for 3 hours since, when my wife and I visited the British Virgin Islands for one afternoon.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Just Bob

[bluebulb 3]

Wow, I think that last reply was a bit too much.

I too am here on a K1 and had my AP in hand when I had to go to India because my dad was getting heart surgery. I was away for two weeks and had no problem while returning. At the port of entry (Dulles airport in DC) they made a bunch of us (including a few AOS cases) wait at a smaller office past the customs area. The guy there took his sweet time processing my immigration stuff but ultimately he did it without giving me any trouble. He just asked me how long I'd been away from the country and then stamped my AP documents saying "Paroled".

Like a poster earlier wrote, you can stay till the AP expires.