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Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me their experiences with the advance parole? How does it work? My husand and I are in the process of his adjustment of status & applying for an Advance Parole. We’re anticipating on going out of the country & would like to know any tips if there are any to make his entry back in the country with no issues. Thanks!!

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17 minutes ago, AJ_Monreal said:

Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me their experiences with the advance parole? How does it work? My husand and I are in the process of his adjustment of status & applying for an Advance Parole. We’re anticipating on going out of the country & would like to know any tips if there are any to make his entry back in the country with no issues. Thanks!!

Advance Parole allows you to travel internationally and come back in to the USA with usually no issues. This allows you to travel without abandoning  the AOS process. 

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It is by far the exception that somebody is denied entry with a valid AP document. Just don't leave before it is in hand, don't forget it, don't break laws abroad, don't try to smuggle anything in, and you should be perfectly fine.

Also, watch for mail from USCIS to make sure you don't get an RFE/RFIE while abroad and miss the deadline for a response. USPS Informed Delivery (free) can help.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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42 minutes ago, AJ_Monreal said:

Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me their experiences with the advance parole? How does it work? My husand and I are in the process of his adjustment of status & applying for an Advance Parole. We’re anticipating on going out of the country & would like to know any tips if there are any to make his entry back in the country with no issues. Thanks!!

It works. Many thousands people use it. If you have EAD/AP combo card, it’s like a de facto green card.

Couples of comments:

 

1. Standard CBP procedure when someone shows up with AP is to send them to secondary, where they can verify if your I-485 is still pending before you can be “paroled” in. So do plan for an additional 45 mins or something if you need to make your connection.

 

2. Some small airline check-in staff at some remote unpopular airport may not know what combo card or AP is and give you a hard time when checking in as they only recognize either a US visa or green card. It may take some times to convince them and they may ask you to sign something to the effect that you will be responsible for the cost of transportation home if you were to be denied entry to the US

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18 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

It works. Many thousands people use it. If you have EAD/AP combo card, it’s like a de facto green card.

Couples of comments:

 

1. Standard CBP procedure when someone shows up with AP is to send them to secondary, where they can verify if your I-485 is still pending before you can be “paroled” in. So do plan for an additional 45 mins or something if you need to make your connection.

 

2. Some small airline check-in staff at some remote unpopular airport may not know what combo card or AP is and give you a hard time when checking in as they only recognize either a US visa or green card. It may take some times to convince them and they may ask you to sign something to the effect that you will be responsible for the cost of transportation home if you were to be denied entry to the US

Thank you so much!!! I appreciate your help!

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AJ_Monreal   4

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19 hours ago, AJ_Monreal said:

Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me their experiences with the advance parole? How does it work? My husand and I are in the process of his adjustment of status & applying for an Advance Parole. We’re anticipating on going out of the country & would like to know any tips if there are any to make his entry back in the country with no issues. Thanks!!

On form I-131, when it asks for the Purpose of the trip, is there a right or wrong answer? My husband and I plan to have a religious ceremony outside the US but we don’t know if it’s best to state that reason. We’ve read from other sources to make it sound like an emergency. Please help! :) 

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11 minutes ago, AJ_Monreal said:

On form I-131, when it asks for the Purpose of the trip, is there a right or wrong answer? My husband and I plan to have a religious ceremony outside the US but we don’t know if it’s best to state that reason. We’ve read from other sources to make it sound like an emergency. Please help! :) 

Write something generic like “to visit friends and family”. Write something “sounds” like an emergency won’t make you get it any faster as there is a separate process for expedition if you qualify.

 

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16 minutes ago, AJ_Monreal said:

On form I-131, when it asks for the Purpose of the trip, is there a right or wrong answer? My husband and I plan to have a religious ceremony outside the US but we don’t know if it’s best to state that reason. We’ve read from other sources to make it sound like an emergency. Please help! :) 

You can skip that part. 

Spouse:

2015-06-16: I-130 Sent

2015-08-17: I-130 approved

2015-09-23: NVC received file

2015-10-05: NVC assigned Case number, Invoice ID & Beneficiary ID

2016-06-30: DS-261 completed, AOS Fee Paid, WL received

2016-07-05: Received IV invoice, IV Fee Paid

2016-07-06: DS-260 Submitted

2016-07-07: AOS and IV Package mailed

2016-07-08: NVC Scan

2016-08-08: Case Complete

2017-06-30: Interview, approved

2017-07-04: Visa in hand

2017-08-01: Entry to US

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Myself:

2016-05-10: N-400 Sent

2016-05-16: N-400 NOA1

2016-05-26: Biometrics

2017-01-30: Interview

2017-03-02: Oath Ceremony

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we wrote that my husband parents are elderly and are sick and my husband needs to travel to our country to keep an eye on his parents because of their health issues, we also stated that we wanted a honey moon trip...

 

I-129 F SENT 11/27/2018

NOA 1 12/03/2018

RFE      04/10/2019

RFE REPLY 04/25/2019

NOA 2 05/09/2019

NVC RECEIVED 06/05/2019

CASE # ASSIGNED NVC  06/10/2019

NVC LEFT 06/25/2019

EMBASSY RECEIVED 07/02/2019

K1 INTERVIEW APPROVAL  07/18/2019

USA ENTRY🛬 07/30/2019

MARRIED 🤵💖👰09/13/2019

AOS SENT 10/08/2019

AOS RECEIVED 10/09/2019

AOS NOA 1 10/25/2019

BIOMETRICS 11/20/2019

READY TO INTERVIEW: 12/23/2020

Interview scheduled update 02/20/2020
Interview Scheduled for 04/08/2020
03/31/2020 interview has been cancelled due to COVID19
04/01/20202 case ready to be scheduled for an interview
08/24/2020 Interview has been scheduled
Interview 9/14/2020
I 485 approved 9/14/2020
GC mailed 9/17/2020
GC received 9/21/2020

ROC mailed 09/01/2022

ROC received 09/02/2022

NOA RECEIVED 09/16/2022
 

 

 

 

 

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AJ_Monreal   4

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5 hours ago, Indira/Charlys said:

we wrote that my husband parents are elderly and are sick and my husband needs to travel to our country to keep an eye on his parents because of their health issues, we also stated that we wanted a honey moon trip...

got it! We placed that we’re going back for a religious ceremony. I just wanna make sure it’s gonna be okay. 

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