Travel day after AOS interview

[westguard 0]

Hi everyone

I hope someone can help me.

First the background.

- Married November 17th 2006 (originally came in on L1A)

- AOS interview scheduled for December 18th 2007

- I have an employment authorization card and advance parole travel documents

I called my immigration attorney's office last week and asked a very straightforward question, to which I got a very straightforward response:

Q. "Can I travel the day after the AOS interview? (assuming all goes well)"

A. "Yes. They will put a 551 stamp in your passport which will enable you to travel whilst you wait for your green card to be produced. You should have no problems."

Great, I thought, so I went ahead and booked our flights for December 19th to the UK as we had already planned to visit family and friends through Christmas and the New Year. We also booked internal flights, car hire, hotels etc. Over $4k in total.

I had also emailed my attorneys about this question about 3 weeks ago, but never got a reply despite sending it twice. This morning I got a reply!

"Prior practice was that you would get a stamp on your passport on the day of the interview. That is no longer the case. The current practice is with a case which is not problematic, you will receive your approval and/or your card within one to two weeks of the interview."

I am furious! I pay this attorney company soooo much money its ridiculous. They are the most respected in the city and I cannot believe how incompetent they are. The same company is telling me two different things.

Does anyone know what the case actually is? My local USCIS office in Metairie, Louisiana, which is where my interview is taking place.

Mark

[Jasman0717 9]

Just make sure they put the stamp in your passport

[Dakine 26]

You can travel with the AP before or after the AOS interview.

They don't normally stamp the I-551 in passport at the AOS interview.

Didn't ours anyway.

[westguard 0]

You can travel with the AP before or after the AOS interview.

They don't normally stamp the I-551 in passport at the AOS interview.

Didn't ours anyway.

I thought they asked for the advance parole document back at the AOS interview?

[Kez/JWolf 6]

All you can do is take evidence of your impending travel with you to your interview.... If you are approved at your interview then ask about the stamp in your passport and show the evidence... That is what we did an we got the stamp... if you are not approved then your AP will still be valid...

Good Luck

Kez

[westguard 0]

All you can do is take evidence of your impending travel with you to your interview.... If you are approved at your interview then ask about the stamp in your passport and show the evidence... That is what we did an we got the stamp... if you are not approved then your AP will still be valid...

Good Luck

Kez

Ok, we'll take our flight confirmation details with us. If the AOS interview is not approved at that point (I hear sometimes they are still waiting for checks to be done etc) then we'll travel and I'll take my advance parole documents with me.

Why oh why do they make this process so over complicated