To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
Mar 13th 2014, 2:29 am
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
It was K-1, yes 
Experience in secondary inspection seems to depend very much on POE. I had read quite a lot of posts here before taking the trip and quite a few people had experienced a long delay in secondary - so I factored that in. If you miss a connecting flight, it is your own responsibility. As it happened, I wasn't in there long (through Washington Dulles) and there was only one other person in there. The biggest hassle I had was at the first inspection. Paper I-94 forms had been phased out since I immigrated in Oct 2012 and so there were none onboard the aircraft. The crew insisted I wouldn't need one. The greeter in the airport didn't know if I needed one but didn't have any. She asked the immigration officer at one of the desks who confirmed that passengers travelling AP still needed to complete I-94. So I waited about 20 minutes while someone found one - by which time something like 3 additional flights had landed and the immigration hall was at capacity 
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
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Mar 14th 2014, 4:08 pm
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
Thanks Ian, VWP is certainly not the same as B-2; I entered on a VWP.
Mar 14th 2014, 4:10 pm
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
It was K-1, yes
Experience in secondary inspection seems to depend very much on POE. I had read quite a lot of posts here before taking the trip and quite a few people had experienced a long delay in secondary - so I factored that in. If you miss a connecting flight, it is your own responsibility. As it happened, I wasn't in there long (through Washington Dulles) and there was only one other person in there. The biggest hassle I had was at the first inspection. Paper I-94 forms had been phased out since I immigrated in Oct 2012 and so there were none onboard the aircraft. The crew insisted I wouldn't need one. The greeter in the airport didn't know if I needed one but didn't have any. She asked the immigration officer at one of the desks who confirmed that passengers travelling AP still needed to complete I-94. So I waited about 20 minutes while someone found one - by which time something like 3 additional flights had landed and the immigration hall was at capacity
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
Experience in secondary inspection seems to depend very much on POE. I had read quite a lot of posts here before taking the trip and quite a few people had experienced a long delay in secondary - so I factored that in. If you miss a connecting flight, it is your own responsibility. As it happened, I wasn't in there long (through Washington Dulles) and there was only one other person in there. The biggest hassle I had was at the first inspection. Paper I-94 forms had been phased out since I immigrated in Oct 2012 and so there were none onboard the aircraft. The crew insisted I wouldn't need one. The greeter in the airport didn't know if I needed one but didn't have any. She asked the immigration officer at one of the desks who confirmed that passengers travelling AP still needed to complete I-94. So I waited about 20 minutes while someone found one - by which time something like 3 additional flights had landed and the immigration hall was at capacity
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
Mar 15th 2014, 5:02 am
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
The effect of travel and return on advance parole is a sophisticated issue in light of fairly recent case law. It may or may not actually be to the advantage when the last pre-AOS filing was on the visa waiver.
A big fat grey area of law IMHO.
A big fat grey area of law IMHO.
Mar 19th 2014, 3:57 am
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Many thanks, S Folinsky!
Mar 28th 2014, 5:10 pm
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It was K-1, yes
Experience in secondary inspection seems to depend very much on POE. I had read quite a lot of posts here before taking the trip and quite a few people had experienced a long delay in secondary - so I factored that in. If you miss a connecting flight, it is your own responsibility. As it happened, I wasn't in there long (through Washington Dulles) and there was only one other person in there. The biggest hassle I had was at the first inspection. Paper I-94 forms had been phased out since I immigrated in Oct 2012 and so there were none onboard the aircraft. The crew insisted I wouldn't need one. The greeter in the airport didn't know if I needed one but didn't have any. She asked the immigration officer at one of the desks who confirmed that passengers travelling AP still needed to complete I-94. So I waited about 20 minutes while someone found one - by which time something like 3 additional flights had landed and the immigration hall was at capacity
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
Experience in secondary inspection seems to depend very much on POE. I had read quite a lot of posts here before taking the trip and quite a few people had experienced a long delay in secondary - so I factored that in. If you miss a connecting flight, it is your own responsibility. As it happened, I wasn't in there long (through Washington Dulles) and there was only one other person in there. The biggest hassle I had was at the first inspection. Paper I-94 forms had been phased out since I immigrated in Oct 2012 and so there were none onboard the aircraft. The crew insisted I wouldn't need one. The greeter in the airport didn't know if I needed one but didn't have any. She asked the immigration officer at one of the desks who confirmed that passengers travelling AP still needed to complete I-94. So I waited about 20 minutes while someone found one - by which time something like 3 additional flights had landed and the immigration hall was at capacity
All things to think about when booking connecting flight travel.
So how long did it take for you to receive the green card after your interview though? I want to travel end of May.
Best regards.
Mar 28th 2014, 7:09 pm
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
Ian
Mar 29th 2014, 2:19 am
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Mar 29th 2014, 2:32 am
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Re: To travel or not to travel: pending decision on adjustment to status
Guess what Shezi59? I got my green card interview appt date end of April. You were absolutely right the info they put on the website. I'm glad I took your advice by not applying for the parole.
So how long did it take for you to receive the green card after your interview though? I want to travel end of May.
Best regards.
So how long did it take for you to receive the green card after your interview though? I want to travel end of May.
Best regards.
Really glad to hear that things are moving for you!
Mar 29th 2014, 3:52 pm
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7 days for me too. They've got the card production process really fine-tuned.
