Advance Parole

[foxyvegan 0]

Hello all.

I applied for AOS on Aug. 13th and I have recieved my NOA1. I need to travel back to Greece in January so that means I need an advance parole document, right? Does anyone know how long it takes to get such a permission? When should I apply? And what happens if by January I already get my green card?

all too confusing...thanks in advance.

[Dan J 277]

Hello all.

I applied for AOS on Aug. 13th and I have recieved my NOA1. I need to travel back to Greece in January so that means I need an advance parole document, right? Does anyone know how long it takes to get such a permission? When should I apply? And what happens if by January I already get my green card?

all too confusing...thanks in advance.

Takes about 60-90 days. If you need it sooner, you can try to make an infopass appointment to try to get it expedited.

If you get your GC by then, all you need is your GC, AP is unnecessary at that point, but it free to get while your AOS is processing.

[Shub 78]

Hello all.

I applied for AOS on Aug. 13th and I have recieved my NOA1. I need to travel back to Greece in January so that means I need an advance parole document, right? Does anyone know how long it takes to get such a permission? When should I apply? And what happens if by January I already get my green card?

There's no telling when you will get your green card, but if you know you will need to leave the US in January, you had better apply for AP as soon as possible. Obviously the risk is that if you get your green card before your AP is accepted, you will have wasted the fee for the AP, but I wouldn't count on getting your green card fast.

See the AP statistics at http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/apstats.php?cfl= so you know how long you can expect to wait to be accepted.

Edited September 23, 2007 by Shub

[LaL 418]

Did you apply for Advanced Parole when you sent in your AOS I485? It was included with the cost of your AOS at the time but you had to fill out the I131 form.

[Krikit 1,163]

Yikes. You'd better hurry up and apply for AP if your plans are solid for travel in January.

[Nanusia & Lukaszek 0]

We applied for AP along with our AOS, and it took under 60 days to receive it. Although if you wait to see if you get the GC and can travel on it... and then want to do last minute AP cause the GC hasn't arrived, you'll have to do the infopass to get the AP. The problem is, they are not that nice and want "emergency" situations only to get AP in such a rush, so better to plan ahead if its vacation or visiting family that you want to do.

[foxyvegan 0]

thank you for all the info and help.

I didn't apply for AP with my AOS cause I didn't know the exact date I was going to travel so I couldn't fill in the application.

I will hurry and do it very soon so I can get the AP in time. Hope the fees are not too much ~ Thank you all!

[foxyvegan 0]

question : I just thought about it. Do you know if they reject much of the applications? I just need to go back to Greece to visit my family and friends. I mean, it's not an emergency...Is it safe to buy my ticket and then apply?Is there a chance they won't give the AP to me?

[john_and_marlene 162]

question : I just thought about it. Do you know if they reject much of the applications? I just need to go back to Greece to visit my family and friends. I mean, it's not an emergency...Is it safe to buy my ticket and then apply?Is there a chance they won't give the AP to me?

They won't reject the application. Vacation/visiting friends/family is a perfectly acceptable reason for AP. You could even have put "as required" for the date of travel and submitted it with your AOS.

[foxyvegan 0]

question : I just thought about it. Do you know if they reject much of the applications? I just need to go back to Greece to visit my family and friends. I mean, it's not an emergency...Is it safe to buy my ticket and then apply?Is there a chance they won't give the AP to me?

They won't reject the application. Vacation/visiting friends/family is a perfectly acceptable reason for AP. You could even have put "as required" for the date of travel and submitted it with your AOS.

Oh no...I'm so stupid...I should have asked about it earlier....

[Nanusia & Lukaszek 0]

question : I just thought about it. Do you know if they reject much of the applications? I just need to go back to Greece to visit my family and friends. I mean, it's not an emergency...Is it safe to buy my ticket and then apply?Is there a chance they won't give the AP to me?

They won't reject the application. Vacation/visiting friends/family is a perfectly acceptable reason for AP. You could even have put "as required" for the date of travel and submitted it with your AOS.

Oh no...I'm so stupid...I should have asked about it earlier....

We put a date a little earlier than we expected to travel, only so that would make them hurry up and work faster & send us the approved AP. Yes evil optimistic thinking.

[Krikit 1,163]

thank you for all the info and help.

I didn't apply for AP with my AOS cause I didn't know the exact date I was going to travel so I couldn't fill in the application.

I will hurry and do it very soon so I can get the AP in time. Hope the fees are not too much ~ Thank you all!

It looks like you sent in your AOS after the new fees came into effect so you shouldn't have to pay anything additional. I haven't seen anyone with any experience with this but I suggest sending USCIS a copy of the NOA and your original application when you apply for the AP. You'll also want to make note of it in a covering letter. I entered "To be determined" in the travel date section.

[foxyvegan 0]

hmm maybe I should do that too.

Geez, my stress is gonna kill me. Everything is so complicated

thank you for the suggestions

Edited September 24, 2007 by foxyvegan

[foxyvegan 0]

question : Is it ok if the dates of travel on the application

won't be the exact dates I'm gonna travel? Do they check that or smth?

Cause I know I want to travel in January but don't have the tickets yet.

And I want to state January on the application so they know I need the AP soon....\

any ideas?

[Krikit 1,163]

question : Is it ok if the dates of travel on the application

won't be the exact dates I'm gonna travel? Do they check that or smth?

Cause I know I want to travel in January but don't have the tickets yet.

And I want to state January on the application so they know I need the AP soon....\

any ideas?

No, they don't have to be exact.