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Today I received my I-512L Advance Parole document, which I applied for together with my AOS. It's multi-entry, valid for 12 months. My concern is that it states that it allows re-entry into the U.S. for "urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit."
I need to know how rigidly or strictly is this enforced in practice? In the cover letter that I enclosed with my application I clearly stated that I wanted the AP in order to travel to two weddings, one in Ireland, one in the Caribbean. How likely is it that I would have a problem being readmitted here, if the officer on duty felt that my trip was not allowed under the provision of the I-512L, or do they look at it that closely?
Thanking you in advance
What constitutes "Urgent Humanitarian Reason"
in Working & Traveling During US Immigration
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I have just returned from Grand Cayman and re-entered the US through Tampa. Neither of the two USCIS officers on duty were fully up to speed on the workings of the Advance Parole Document. I was brought into secondary processing where a senior USCIS officer used the occasion as a training opportunity for the two officers plus one other who joined them. It was handled very professionally and pleasantly and I was through in about fifteen minutes. They stressed the need for the traveller to carry both copies of the AP, which I had done. One copy was retained and the other was returned to me with the all-important stamps. The purpose of my trip to Cayman was never questioned.