Can I use wedding ceremony as the reason to expedite the Advance Parole?

[Joleena 2]

I saw online that it can take more than one year to get the AP, and you can request an expedite for it. I'm just wondering is the fixed wedding ceremony back in home country a solid reason for getting an expedite? 

[nastra30 2,520]

1 hour ago, Joleena said:

I saw online that it can take more than one year to get the AP, and you can request an expedite for it. I'm just wondering is the fixed wedding ceremony back in home country a solid reason for getting an expedite? 

Solid reason, I don't think so but free to try. I don't know why one will book a wedding date without first having travel documents in place. What's the underlining case?

Good luck.

[Dashinka 25,854]

Free to try, unlikely to be approved.

 

Good Luck!

[Boiler 47,470]

AP seems top be quicker and it seems many people get their GC first, I would not commit to a ceremoney until I had AP or GC in hand.

[JeanneAdil 7,078]

whose wedding?

[EatBulaga 483]

14 hours ago, Joleena said:

I saw online that it can take more than one year to get the AP, and you can request an expedite for it. I'm just wondering is the fixed wedding ceremony back in home country a solid reason for getting an expedite? 

Are you still at I-129F NOA1?

Why would you need an Advanced Parole?

 

As for expedited criteria, if you can justify your situation using one of the accepted criteria, such as humanitarian reasons, then you have the best chance for approval.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/expedite-requests

Most are more worried about the EAD expedite than the AP expedite.

[Cathi 5,849]

You can try but it won't result in an expedite.

[Joleena 2]

On 6/2/2025 at 1:47 AM, JeanneAdil said:

whose wedding?

mine... 

[Joleena 2]

On 6/2/2025 at 7:55 AM, EatBulaga said:

Are you still at I-129F NOA1?

Why would you need an Advanced Parole?

 

As for expedited criteria, if you can justify your situation using one of the accepted criteria, such as humanitarian reasons, then you have the best chance for approval.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/expedite-requests

Most are more worried about the EAD expedite than the AP expedite.

I got my NOA2 in April. I do see that USCIS list the wedding ceremony in their list of getting expedite.

[Joleena 2]

Well USCIS does list Wedding or personal commitment as one of the reasons to get expedite on their official website.

[Joleena 2]

On 6/2/2025 at 12:50 PM, Cathi said:

You can try but it won't result in an expedite.

 

On 6/1/2025 at 9:48 PM, Boiler said:

AP seems top be quicker and it seems many people get their GC first, I would not commit to a ceremoney until I had AP or GC in hand.

 

On 6/1/2025 at 6:21 PM, nastra30 said:

Solid reason, I don't think so but free to try. I don't know why one will book a wedding date without first having travel documents in place. What's the underlining case?

Good luck.

I booked the ceremony last summer thinking I would get my visa by this summer, but unfortunately USCIS skipped my I-129f so it caused extra 3-4 months for my visa process. And according to everyone's suggestion, it's better not to have any kind of ceremony before the visa otherwise it'd be considered "too married for K1", so I managed to postpone the ceremonies to next Autumn, and for the venue usually needs to be reserved one year in advance to secure the date. I think I should be able to file for the Advance Parole by the end of this year. According to other's timeline, it could take from 3-12 months to get AP. I would be happy as long as I can get it within 9 months, but if bad luck happens again I will have to file for an expedite.

I do see that USCIS list Wedding or personal commitment as one of the reasons to get expedite on their official website, under the catogory under Humanitarian parole. So I want to see if anyone has any kind of experience of doing that.

[Joleena 2]

On 6/2/2025 at 7:55 AM, EatBulaga said:

Are you still at I-129F NOA1?

Why would you need an Advanced Parole?

 

As for expedited criteria, if you can justify your situation using one of the accepted criteria, such as humanitarian reasons, then you have the best chance for approval.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/expedite-requests

Most are more worried about the EAD expedite than the AP expedite.

I just want to know in advance if I could get a expedite due to the planned wedding ceremony, because my original ceremony has already been delayed due to they skipped my I-129F. I got my NOA2 in early April, so I think I should be able to get the visa and apply for GC, EAD, AP by the end of this year. I plan to put the wedding in next Autumn, so as long as I could hear back within 9-10 months it should be fine. I'm just wondering if I don't get any feedback both GC or AP before that, could I use the ceremony as a reason to get expedite.

[Lil bear 4,520]

3 hours ago, Joleena said:

I just want to know in advance if I could get a expedite due to the planned wedding ceremony, because my original ceremony has already been delayed due to they skipped my I-129F. I got my NOA2 in early April, so I think I should be able to get the visa and apply for GC, EAD, AP by the end of this year. I plan to put the wedding in next Autumn, so as long as I could hear back within 9-10 months it should be fine. I'm just wondering if I don't get any feedback both GC or AP before that, could I use the ceremony as a reason to get expedite.

As already stated ..

No one can tell you what the decision will be. 

 Nothing stopping  you from trying. 

 Remember that, according to US , when you apply for the AOS it will be because you are have married since arriving on the K1 visa.  Home country ceremonies will not be seen as priority because of this.  But you can try 

 

 

[SL2024 295]

On 6/1/2025 at 1:50 AM, Joleena said:

I saw online that it can take more than one year to get the AP, and you can request an expedite for it. I'm just wondering is the fixed wedding ceremony back in home country a solid reason for getting an expedite? 

 

I applied for AP and it got approved the same time along with my EAD so I now have an EAD/AP combo card. I'm not sure how common that is but just wanted to let you know that is what happened in my case. You can always try applying for the AP though

[Joleena 2]

On 6/9/2025 at 10:13 PM, SL2024 said:

 

I applied for AP and it got approved the same time along with my EAD so I now have an EAD/AP combo card. I'm not sure how common that is but just wanted to let you know that is what happened in my case. You can always try applying for the AP though

wow that's really lucky of you to get combo card! How long did it take for you to get it?