Interview scheduled -/- Conflicts with Advance Parole

[jr_moniz 0]

Hello VJ Users,

We applied for my Adjustment of Status and also applied for Advance Parole and sent them both together.

My wife and I have a cruise scheduled in January 2014 for our Honeymoon as well as my parents 20th Anniversary. My parents are really looking forward to this as they want to spend time with me because I am no longer back home (Moved to the US).

We received a letter from the US Government today saying that my interview is ready and has been scheduled for January 8th 2014. We called in and they said they had the Advance Parole information on their system and was in the middle of processing it. They knew about the days I requested to be out of the states yet they gave us a date that conflicted with it.

My wife and I were wondering what are the precautions to asking for the interview to be delayed.

It mentions we may have to repeat steps but the operator said those steps could be something as small as a bio-metrics scan.

What really concerns me is the delay. How much of a delay are we looking at facing if we delay the interview? I arrive back on January 20th into the US.

It would really devastate my parents if I don't go on the cruise but they will understand for something as important as this. I am curious how much of a risk it is to delay an interview?

Thank you for reading and for your support VJ

- Ricardo

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Okay, a few things here.

First off, your AP application was separated from the rest of it long ago. They don't know that you have a planned vacation.

Second, you can reschedule your interview, no problem. It will probably delay you about a month, no repeat steps.

Third. Your NOA1 is from October. It takes 90 days for AP to be approved (early Jan), and then you have to wait for it to be mailed to you (another week or 2). It is not guaranteed that you will have AP in your hand in time for the cruise.