Second travel parole?

[Bergziege 1]

I applied for AOS after my K1 visa in April 2012, and also filed for parole to be able to travel outside the US. I traveled, came back, and at immigrations was asked to present both copies of the parole document I had been issued. Only one of them was stamped, both were returned to me.

I need to travel again in June of this year. I fully expected to have my greencard by then, but processing times have suddenly gone up to 19 months at the California Service Center.

My question: Do I have to file for parole again, or can I use the second document I was issued? Did immigrations only ask for the second copy as a standard procedure, or do I need two unstamped copies? Currently I only have one anymore.

Thank you for your help!

[Lainie B 465]

I applied for AOS after my K1 visa in April 2012, and also filed for parole to be able to travel outside the US. I traveled, came back, and at immigrations was asked to present both copies of the parole document I had been issued. Only one of them was stamped, both were returned to me.

I need to travel again in June of this year. I fully expected to have my greencard by then, but processing times have suddenly gone up to 19 months at the California Service Center.

My question: Do I have to file for parole again, or can I use the second document I was issued? Did immigrations only ask for the second copy as a standard procedure, or do I need two unstamped copies? Currently I only have one anymore.

Thank you for your help!

Did your AOS get transferred to CSC? If so when?

The 19 months processing time is for employment-based AOS, not family-based. he website does not give the processing time anywhere for family-based AOS.

I believe that you can use the second letter but I am not 100% sure, since most people these days apply for EAD and AP at the same time, and get the combo card which is an EAD that has the AP annotation.

I'm curious, did you apply for EAD at the same time as AOS and AP?

Did you apply for single or multiple entry AP?

I think it is highly unlikely that you won't have your green card by June. The longest people here have been waiting is a year.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Lainie B

[Bergziege 1]

Did your AOS get transferred to CSC? If so when?

The 19 months processing time is for employment-based AOS, not family-based. he website does not give the processing time anywhere for family-based AOS.

I believe that you can use the second letter but I am not 100% sure, since most people these days apply for EAD and AP at the same time, and get the combo card which is an EAD that has the AP annotation.

I'm curious, did you apply for EAD at the same time as AOS and AP?

Did you apply for single or multiple entry AP?

I think it is highly unlikely that you won't have your green card by June. The longest people here have been waiting is a year.

Yes, I did get transferred to CSC in May and have not had news from USCIS since. I did apply for Employment and Travel Parole at the same time, but one of them was sent back because I had forgotten a signature. Maybe that way they were processed separately.

[Bergziege 1]

Yes, I did get transferred to CSC in May and have not had news from USCIS since. I did apply for Employment and Travel Parole at the same time, but one of them was sent back because I had forgotten a signature. Maybe that way they were processed separately.

Also, although I'm reassured by what you said about processing times, I don't want to risk anything with a non-refundable ticket...

[Lainie B 465]

Yes, I did get transferred to CSC in May and have not had news from USCIS since. I did apply for Employment and Travel Parole at the same time, but one of them was sent back because I had forgotten a signature. Maybe that way they were processed separately.

OK, once your application has been at CSC for six months then you can start raising hell. Call USCIS and ask for a service request. Contact your representatives and request they contact CSC on you behalf and pull your file. You can even try the DHS ombudsman. Don't wait around any longer.

[Lainie B 465]

Also, although I'm reassured by what you said about processing times, I don't want to risk anything with a non-refundable ticket...

June is a long way off so you have time. I would start actively pursuing the green card, as outlined in my other post. Very, very few people have waiting more than a year for their GC. Usually once the representatives get involved the green card is approved very quickly.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Lainie B

[Bergziege 1]

I just called, processing time for this should have only been two months. The USCIS person on the phone submitted an inquiry to which I am supposed to receive an answer within 15 days...

Thanks for the advice!

[Lainie B 465]

I just called, processing time for this should have only been two months. The USCIS person on the phone submitted an inquiry to which I am supposed to receive an answer within 15 days...

Thanks for the advice!

That's great news. But I would still try your representative. Myself and others tried the phone inquiry to find that the 15 day "response" was just an email from CSC that stated they are really busy right now and will get to it when they can. If you contact your representative they can call CSC directly and request your file be pulled.

You are at the tail end of the CSC transfers. It used to be that of the K-1 AOS applications, all went from Chicago to NBC, then some were transferred to CSC for approval without interview (which was taking 8 months on average when I applied and sometimes up to a year), and some were transferred to a local office for an interview (usually this was much faster than those transferred to CSC). However CSC was taking far too long. Since August they stopped transferring to CSC, and are now either approving without interview at NBC (at around 6 months from what I can tell), or transferring to a local office for interview.

[Soju 5]

what Lainie B said.

A very few ppl, that would be us. My wife's AOS took just over a year to get approved and got tired of waiting.. and requested assistance from US Senator and I believed it helped out in my case.

It would not hurt to get your US congressperson involved.

[bigdog 376]

Sorry to hear about your delay, seems slow across the board. If you complete your time line it might help the averages in VJ be more accurate. Good Luck.