Question on I-131

[Mal and Meg 12]

Im shortly going to be applying for my adjustmen of status but i have a question about the I-131

I currently dont know if i will need to leave America in the coming months before iv completed my adjustment of status

so is there any point in me applying for the authorization to return?

Can i just apply just incase I need to go anywhere out of America?

[Haarp425 26]

Just in case you have to leave the USA regarding family matters. You never know.

[Mal and Meg 12]

Yeah though i just wasnt sure how to fill it in

[Haarp425 26]

Enter info on Part 1

Select Part 2.D

Enter date and length of trip on Part 3.1 and Part 3.2

Answer Part 3.3

Since this is Advance Parole Document, skip Part 3.4 - Part 3.5 and go to Part 7

Also, you need to create a letter for the advance parole document and print it. Sample letter below.

<Today's Date>

USCIS

P.O. Box xxxxx

City, State Zip

RE: A-<alien number>

Application For Advance Parole

Dear Sir/Madam:

The purpose of this letter is to request an advance parole document. I anticipate that I will be required to travel abroad for personal reasons to <insert home country> and elsewhere. I will return to the United States to pursue my adjustment of status application. For this reason, I respectfully request that you grant my request an advance parole valid for multiple entries for as long as possible under your current guidelines.

Thank you for your kind consideration of this application.

Sincerely,

<Your name>

Edited March 9, 2011 by Haarp425

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Yeah though i just wasnt sure how to fill it in

Put "unknown" for date and length of trip.

There's an AOS thread in my signature that has the documents you need to attach. while you don't NEED to apply for it, you never know if you'll be one of the people who's file gets stuck somewhere and you're waiting 2 years (like one poor girl.. another has been waiting FOUR years :S)

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Enter info on Part 1

Select Part 2.D

Enter date and length of trip on Part 3.1 and Part 3.2

Answer Part 3.3

Since this is Advance Parole Document, skip Part 3.4 - Part 3.5 and go to Part 7

Also, you need to create a letter for the advance parole document and print it. Sample letter below.

Actually you're wrong. There is NO document required for AP such as the example you gave. It's all there in the instructions that for AOS applicants it's not required.

[Tigerpaw1129 1]

Actually you're wrong. There is NO document required for AP such as the example you gave. It's all there in the instructions that for AOS applicants it's not required.

Please explain where in the instructions it says that..

I have looked and I just cant seem to find the info, but now I can finsh the I131 for my wife.

Thanks

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Please explain where in the instructions it says that..

I have looked and I just cant seem to find the info, but now I can finsh the I131 for my wife.

Thanks

Well aside from me doing it, and everyone else that followed the AOS guide in my signature doing it without issue, it's here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-131instr.pdf page 4, step 2, 1, C, it says:

A. document showing present status (this is the K1 visa) AND

B. explanation or other evidence OR

C. if you're an AOS applicant your NOA1

So basically you do A and C (because you pick B or C). "C" asks for the NOA1 but so does the EAD for proof that you don't need to pay the fee, BUT because you're filing concurrently you don't include the NOA1 (just like you don't need to include it for the EAD app).

Read the AOS guide in my signature. It will give you the required doc lists. I was approved without RFE and without interview. Trust me, no special letter required.

Edited March 10, 2011 by Vanessa&Tony

[Krikit 1,163]

Moving from AOS Process to the Travel section.