Advance Parole travel while waiting for AOS - HELP!!!!

[Jay&M 8]

Hello everyone,

I have an approved EAD and Advance Parole and am waiting for my AOS to be approved from a K1 visa following my marriage to a USC.

With the holiday period fast approaching I am looking at travelling home to the UK to spend Christmas with my family.

What are peoples experiences of using AP - I have heard some negative things and am nervous they wont let me back in?

Also I am looking at going for 1 month (mid Dec to mid Jan) - is this too long? Is there a limit on how long you can be out of the country? I would be coming back through Washington DC Dulles airport.

Thanks in advance

P.s. any other advice about using AP would be GREATLY appreciated!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

You should be fine. I think the ones more often advised not to use it are ones who overstayed in the US for a long time and then married and filed for AOS. With that history, it is safer to wait on the green card before leaving the country. A month trip does not require any other paperwork.

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[Jay&M 8]

You should be fine. I think the ones more often advised not to use it are ones who overstayed in the US for a long time and then married and filed for AOS. With that history, it is safer to wait on the green card before leaving the country. A month trip does not require any other paperwork.

Thanks for your reply! Greatly appreciated!

[Mike-eeh and Odie 193]

My wife and I flew to the Philippines this year in March and stayed almost a month (3.5 weeks). They let her back in to the USA on her AP no problem. She only had to go to secondary and answer a few questions upon arrival. I do suggest you bring the following with you though on your trip:

1. Your EAD/AP combo card (of course).

and

2. Your original marriage certificate.

Having both will clear up any conflicts when boarding your flight home, should there be any.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Mike-eeh and Odie

[Jay&M 8]

My wife and I flew to the Philippines this year in March and stayed almost a month (3.5 weeks). They let her back in to the USA on her AP no problem. She only had to go to secondary and answer a few questions upon arrival. I do suggest you bring the following with you though on your trip:

1. Your EAD/AP combo card (of course).

and

2. Your original marriage certificate.

Having both will clear up any conflicts when boarding your flight home, should there be any.

Thankyou for taking the time to reply! I appreciate it

:-)