roman

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

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

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
    > --

Caro

Maybe the forms have changed since last year, but I remember when I applied for my advance parole that the instructions said that you could get some type of temporary/emergency (I don't remember the correct denomination) permit to leave the country after 60 days. It was kind of like for the EAD where you can get an interim EAD after 90 days.

I do trust Andy, so can somebody tell me what has changed.

Thanks,
Caroline

roman

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)?

roman

how about I harrass/beg them with phone calls?
cheers, Roman

Caro

This is something that I am not very sure about, but somebody will correct me if I am wrong or confirm that I am right.

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!

Caroline