Waiting for Parole...
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I married my American sweetheart in New York City. I filed the forms, i-130, i-131, i-864, i-765, etc. etc. all together on the 4th September. I requested Advance Parole, which I'm told takes 90 days to be effective. All I have received thusfar from the INS is acknowledgement of my various money orders. I am hoping to leave the US in December. Will I have my Advance parole by that time? Or is that a pipe dream?
Thanks for any advice/recent personal experience
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Cheers
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The current AILA estimate for AP from NYC is 120-127 days which is
absolutely disgusting. Anyway, if that's true, I don't think INS are going
to be giving you a Christmas present![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
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> I married my American sweetheart in New York City. I filed the forms,
> i-130, i-131, i-864, i-765, etc. etc. all together on the 4th September.
> I requested Advance Parole, which I'm told takes 90 days to be
> effective. All I have received thusfar from the INS is acknowledgement
> of my various money orders. I am hoping to leave the US in December.
> Will I have my Advance parole by that time? Or is that a pipe dream?
> Thanks for any advice/recent personal experience
> Cheers
> RM
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absolutely disgusting. Anyway, if that's true, I don't think INS are going
to be giving you a Christmas present
![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
Andy.
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"roman" wrote in message
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> I married my American sweetheart in New York City. I filed the forms,
> i-130, i-131, i-864, i-765, etc. etc. all together on the 4th September.
> I requested Advance Parole, which I'm told takes 90 days to be
> effective. All I have received thusfar from the INS is acknowledgement
> of my various money orders. I am hoping to leave the US in December.
> Will I have my Advance parole by that time? Or is that a pipe dream?
> Thanks for any advice/recent personal experience
> Cheers
> RM
> --
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Originally posted by Andy Platt:
The current AILA estimate for AP from NYC is 120-127 days which is
absolutely disgusting. Anyway, if that's true, I don't think INS are going
to be giving you a Christmas present![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
Andy.
The current AILA estimate for AP from NYC is 120-127 days which is
absolutely disgusting. Anyway, if that's true, I don't think INS are going
to be giving you a Christmas present
![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
Andy.
I do trust Andy, so can somebody tell me what has changed.
Thanks,
Caroline
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Any way around it...? what if I had an O-1 visa stamp in my passport (even thought I've applied for change of status)?
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how about I harrass/beg them with phone calls?
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Any way around it...? what if I had an O-1 visa stamp in my passport (even thought I've applied for change of status)?
I remember reading somewhere (and I don't remember my sources, and I don't know if it was a reliable source) that for certain types of visas (H1B was one of them as far as I remember), you could travel while your adjustment of status was pending (without advance parole). This does not apply to all types of visas. [N.B: this was applying to any status that you were holding BEFORE the adjustment of your status, not a status that you would obtain AFTER the adjustment of status]
In any event, I repeat that this is something to check very carefully!
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