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[genscn]

Based on what's mentioned on AP form 131, she need to be present in US to file for renewal and if she travel outside the country during the time of renewal, her 485 application would be deemed abandoned.

Originally Posted by bestofall

Guru s

I have a question on my wife' AP renewal

My wife would like travel to India and come back in November or Dec 2008.she would like to leave on August Last week



Any way we would like appy for renewal of AP , the current which expires on Oct 30 2008.



Let us say if we apply for AP Renewal July 2- or July 3 , the new AP may come before her Journey date Augut 2008 , OR It may not come before her Journey date Augut 2008 .



Since her current AP expires on Oct 30 2008 , Does she need to come back to USA before Oct 30 2008 ? or can we mail extended AP to India , if she is travelling back after Oct 30 in November or December



please advise us , accordingly we will make travel plans

1. ..If we can mail the her New Advance Parole document to India.
2. Can she Leave the country while her AP in Process

[panky72]

Originally Posted by bestofall

please advise us , accordingly we will make travel plans

1. ..If we can mail the her New Advance Parole document to India.
2. Can she Leave the country while her AP in Process

You cannot mail AP to her to use it for reentry to US. Find many of your answers here
http://murthy.com/news/n_aostrv.html

Question 4. Should I wait for the approval of my application for AP before I travel?
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Under current regulations, an AP document cannot be granted to a person outside of the U.S. One hears about people who did not wait for the Advance Parole document to be issued and had someone send it to them while they were outside of the United States. This is not the accepted procedure, and if the person left without having AP or without having H1B, H-4, L-1 or L-2 status, s/he is deemed to have abandoned the I-485 Adjustment of Status application.
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While there may be some people who were allowed reentry into the U.S., either in error or on humanitarian grounds, it is risky to depart before the AP is issued. There are provisions for situations in which a person has the AP and requests an extension prior to departure, then does not rely on the AP extension to reenter the U.S., but uses it for a future trip abroad. This situation is different from leaving without having AP at all.

[ars01]

I don't know if this question has been asked before. Is there a benefit for filing AP by paper rather then electronically. I filed EAD by paper to TCS and got the "Card Production Ordered" email yesterday (in 14 days) for myself and my wife. My friends who efiled just received finger printing appointment notification and no receipts. Is there same benefit with AP? Please calrify.

[panky72]

Originally Posted by ars01

I don't know if this question has been asked before. Is there a benefit for filing AP by paper rather then electronically. I filed EAD by paper to TCS and got the "Card Production Ordered" email yesterday (in 14 days) for myself and my wife. My friends who efiled just received finger printing appointment notification and no receipts. Is there same benefit with AP? Please calrify.

Main benefit of paper filing is that you do not have to go for repeat Finger printing.

[laksmi]

Hello everyone,

1)Now a days AP renewal is taking 6 months
2) if you already have an Approved AP you can travel out of country with no issues.
3)if you are newly application AP for first time then you should wait until it is approved to go out of country
4) Even if you don’t have H1B stamping on the passport you can travel to you home country and come back on approved AP.
4.1) you can support your spouse also even after using AP (i.e H4 support)

Thanks

[panky72]

Originally Posted by laksmi

1)Now a days AP renewal is taking 6 months

Mine was approved in less than 2 months (NSC)

[casinoroyale]

Originally Posted by laksmi

4.1) you can support your spouse also even after using AP (i.e H4 support)

I doubt it. When a person uses his AP, his status changes to PAROLE, hence he can't have dependents on H4 status.

[casinoroyale]

Originally Posted by laksmi

1)Now a days AP renewal is taking 6 months

Which service center? Guys, is this the normal trend? I guess the processing times webpage is showing ~ 3 months.

It looks like not many people are applying for AP renewals, this is simply my observation based on traffic on this topic in IV.

[panky72]

Originally Posted by casinoroyale

Which service center? Guys, is this the normal trend? I guess the processing times webpage is showing ~ 3 months.

It looks like not many people are applying for AP renewals, this is simply my observation based on traffic on this topic in IV.

Nebraska Service Center (paper filing). Applied on March 12 and received approval May 10th.

[Dhundhun]

Originally Posted by kf9009

Hi
I am applying for AP (new). Are they issued with 1 year validity or 2 years ( now that EAD is being given for 2 years)?

I have not heard 2 year AP yet from USCIS. As far as EAD is concerned, we will start getting 2 year EAD from Jun 30.

There was some proposal of single EAD/AP card, but heard no progress on that.

[swadeshi]

Originally Posted by ujayra01

According to my lawyer, the person (in this case your wife) must be in USA until your wife's AP application is accepted. Basically your wife should not try to apply AP when the she is not physically in USA.

After the application acceptance, your wife can travel.

Disclaimer: Please do not take this granted and always consult your immigration attorney.

I would like to differ on this, the person applying for a renewal of AP does not have to be physically present in the US until the AP is approved. Our attorney confirmed this and if you notice on the AP application form it states if the document has to be mailed to a different address other than USA.

Our attorney said one can apply for a renewal even from a different country, the clause that one has to be physically present in US is only for the initial I485 and AP application.

I have applied for AP renewal on June 23rd and am traveling next month to India for 2 months will be back before my current AP expires i.e. Oct 10th. My attorney actually asked me to apply for renewal before I leave for India.

[casinoroyale]

Originally Posted by swadeshi

Our attorney said one can apply for a renewal even from a different country, the clause that one has to be physically present in US is only for the initial I485 and AP application.

I have applied for AP renewal on June 23rd and am traveling next month to India for 2 months will be back before my current AP expires i.e. Oct 10th. My attorney actually asked me to apply for renewal before I leave for India.

Thanks for sharing the information.

[lalithkx]

Originally Posted by casinoroyale

Anyone got their AP renewal approved? How long it is taking these days?

I applied for EAD and AP renewals concurrently on May 28th and sent following support docs for AP.

1. 2 photos.
2. old AP copy
3. I-485 copy
4. Passport biometric pages
5. EAD copy

FP appnt on June 23rd.

AP Approved e-mail on June 23rd.

My wife's Receipt was just 10 nos difference but she hasn't got it yet.

Hope it helps

[casinoroyale]

Originally Posted by lalithkx

I applied for EAD and AP renewals concurrently on May 28th and sent following support docs for AP.

1. 2 photos.
2. old AP copy
3. I-485 copy
4. Passport biometric pages
5. EAD copy

FP appnt on June 23rd.

AP Approved e-mail on June 23rd.

My wife's Receipt was just 10 nos difference but she hasn't got it yet.

Hope it helps

Wow, that was pretty quick AP approval. Did you e-file, also which service center?

[lalithkx]

Originally Posted by casinoroyale

Wow, that was pretty quick AP approval. Did you e-file, also which service center?

yes e-filed at TSC