svenusa

I am currently going through AOS (marriage to a USC) and have to refile for a new advanced parole document. The document states to file a) a copy of any document issued to you by the CIS showing your present status in the US. b) An explanation or other evidence showing the circumstances that warrant issuance of an advanced parole document or c) A copy of the CIS receipt as evidence that you filed the adjustment application.

What do I need to attach - just a receipt for the I-485 or other documentation too.

Do I file this through the chicago lockbox ?

Thanks everyone,

Sven

Noorah101

Hi Sven,

In my opinion, a copy of the NOA for your I-485 will take care of items (a) and (c). I believe item (b) can just be a written paragraph explaining your travel intentions. And yes, it gets filed at the Chicago lockbox address.

Best Wishes,
Rene

Jonathan McNeil Wong

Noorah101 wrote:
    >>I am currently going through AOS (marriage to a USC) and have to
    >>refile for a new advanced parole document. The document states to file
    >>a) a copy of any document issued to you by the CIS showing your
    >>present status in the US. b) An explanation or other evidence showing
    >>the circumstances that warrant issuance of an advanced parole document
    >>or c) A copy of the CIS receipt as evidence that you filed the
    >>adjustment application.
    >>What do I need to attach - just a receipt for the I-485 or other
    >>documentation too.
    >>Do I file this through the chicago lockbox ?
    >>Thanks everyone,
    >>Sven
    >
    >
    > Hi Sven,
    >
    > In my opinion, a copy of the NOA for your I-485 will take care of items
    > (a) and (c). I believe item (b) can just be a written paragraph
    > explaining your travel intentions. And yes, it gets filed at the
    > Chicago lockbox address.
    >
    > Best Wishes,
    > Rene
    >

Notwithstanding the instructions in Part 7 to include an explanation on
a separate sheet of paper, I've found that typing "See Part 4" works
just as well.

A picky nomenclature point: it's "advance" parole, not "advanced"
parole. (There is no such thing as "beginning" or "intermediate"
parole.) Advance parole is shorthand for "advance authorization of
parole", which basically means that USCIS is deciding in advance of your
actual application for parole that it will be granted. The actual
application for parole is not made until you travel and re-enter with
the A/P document. If you never use the document, you will never have
applied for parole.

People use advance parole all the time to travel in and out of the U.S.
while their adjustment applications are pending. But admission as a
parolee has legal consequences, including waiver of certain rights and a
shifting of the government's burden of proof. In cases where there are
no potential inadmissibility/ineligibility issues, not a problem. But
in cases where there might be such issues, one might not want to become
a parolee, with the concomitant loss of rights.

My point is that advance parole is often looked at as simply "travel
permission", when in fact it is more than that.

Stuart, anything to add?

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meauxna

[QUOTE=Jonathan McNeil Wong]
People use advance parole all the time to travel in and out of the U.S.
while their adjustment applications are pending. But admission as a
parolee has legal consequences, including waiver of certain rights and a
shifting of the government's burden of proof. In cases where there are
no potential inadmissibility/ineligibility issues, not a problem. But
in cases where there might be such issues, one might not want to become
a parolee, with the concomitant loss of rights.

My point is that advance parole is often looked at as simply "travel
permission", when in fact it is more than that.

Stuart, anything to add?

QUOTE]

Yeah, we did that a couple of weeks ago: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=327115

CaliforniaBride

Checklist for Applying for Advance Parole

Form I-131

Attachment to Application for Advance Parole

A separate sheet of paper, in accordance with Part 7 of the application form, explaining how you qualify for Advance Parole and why your application deserves to be approved

If you are traveling because of an emergency, evidence to prove it

An original and one copy of the receipt notice you got when you filed your adjustment of status packet

Copy of a photo ID, such as a driver’s license

Two photos of you, in passport style

Fee: currently $165, but double check it at www.uscis.gov.