Travel on AP- Recent experiences

[chancecody 125]

Hi Everyone,

 

I received my Advance Parole document last summer but I have never used it because lawyers generally advises against traveling while your I-485 is pending. I would like to return to Canada for just 1 week this summer to attend my MBA graduation. This is not an emergency travel so I'd be kicking myself if I have to start over again in the event that I am not let back in after leaving the US for a short time. I am a Canadian Citizen with I-485 pending based on marriage to a US Citizen; adjusted on B2 with no prior overstay and no criminal record. I don't have a green card interview scheduled yet. It is just pending. Has anybody recently traveled using their Advanced Parole document? How was your experience? CBP has the ultimate discretion whether to admit your or not even with your Advance Parole.

 

Thanks.

Edited May 14, 2022 by chancecody

[Leeman15251 36]

My spouse traveled 2 or 3 times on his AP with no issues and none of our travel was an emergency just vacations.. Just had to go to secondary at the airport and wait for a bit. I haven’t actually found someone that had an issue using a valid AP.

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

this is the very reason for AP if we had to wait for green card to travel ,  no one would need the AP

 

Advance parole is a travel document issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, on Form I-512L that allows certain noncitizens inside the United States to depart and seek to reenter the country after temporary travel abroad.

[chancecody 125]

On 5/14/2022 at 10:45 AM, JeanneAdil said:

this is the very reason for AP if we had to wait for green card to travel ,  no one would need the AP

 

Advance parole is a travel document issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, on Form I-512L that allows certain noncitizens inside the United States to depart and seek to reenter the country after temporary travel abroad.

Thanks for the reply. Everybody already knows that but we also know that entry to the US is a privilege NOT a right that's why I am asking for recent experiences. To make things worse, lawyer that I consulted told me not to travel unless it is an emergency so there's my dilemma. Worst-case scenario I travel to get my MBA and stay in Canada to be separated from my spouse while starting over again via Consular Processing when I am so close to getting my green card via AOS. My AOS is pending and reaching 12 months this summer. According to USCIS processing times, 80% of cases in Reno are approved within 12 months so it would be a disaster if I leave the US and not let back in....that would be the worst feeling :)