lost advanced parole outside US.

**va_il** · 12th November 2006, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by prq20

I have a similar situation. I am planning to travel in Dec on AP (485 filed) , I dont have a valid visa in my passport and am staying here on valid I-94 (H-1). I would like to know if not having a valid visa, and not going for it while abroad, cause any problems?

Is AP a true substitution of a Valid visa?

What to expect at Check Out from US and also while coming back?

Can someone please provide the step-by-step process.

Thanks for all help.

AP lets you reenter US even without any visa. You should be fine with approved AP.

**PUPITOX** · 19th December 2006, 11:05 AM

My wife and I decide to leave US couple days ago, seeing that her AP was aproved 8 days ago, but we still waiting for the original AP (797C) in the mail, we have returning tickets to US in 8 days from now, what I can do, to get my wife back in US.

**fenglan** · 14th April 2007, 11:25 PM

Along the same line of this topic, isn't there a requirement to be present in US when filing for AP renewal?

**meAndUS** · 14th November 2007, 02:46 AM

What question is asked in the Interview for getting the transportation Letter? What are the checks being made for the same? Under what cases it is denied? What happen's to the AP (the other copies which are lying in US) is it canceled? Please Help.

**srikanthv** · 9th September 2008, 08:20 AM

I think I will work ... You can mail to AP to out side country.. when you get renewed AP.
example: My wife current AP expiring on 5/Oct/2008. she applied renewed AP before she leaves the country (she left on 21/Aug). And she got renewed AP from 25/Aug/2008 to 1 year. That means, now current AP becomes renewed one only. So She can use that renewed AP for re-enter US. Its overlapping more than 1 month. Its still on valid status.

**padma0678** · 1st October 2009, 06:26 AM

Could you please tell me what and all you took to the embassy in order to get transportation letter ?
I mean what are all the documents /papers you took with you ?

Your help would be appreciated.
Padma

Originally Posted by gc_luckyguy

I lost my approved AP while I was in india. However I had a copy of the approved AP.
I went to the embassy in Delhi and requested a Transportaion Letter.
TL is valid for 2 weeks with a single entry.

Go to Embassy and try your luck.

**lukizen** · 1st October 2009, 08:29 AM

Photocopy of your lost AP and current passport should be fine. Just take any additional docs you have like US drivers license ext.

I always photocopy my originals and post it on the internet. They came in handy in this situation.

**ameryki** · 8th October 2009, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by padma0678

Could you please tell me what and all you took to the embassy in order to get transportation letter ?
I mean what are all the documents /papers you took with you ?

Your help would be appreciated.
Padma

Hello,
My wife went through this in August. We did not have a copy of the advance parole document either. After a lot of reading here we decided to try getting a Transportation Letter. After reading several posts on all sorts of forums I sort off got an understanding on how this works since not a lot of information on official sites. TL's are known to be given to people that lose their green cards when overseas. However people that have lost their AP when out of the country have also been successful in getting a TL. This letter is issued by department of homeland security and traditionaly DHS is based out of embassy's and not consulates. So if you approach a consulate they will only take all your information mail it to the embassy and then wait for them to respond which could take weeks to months and also charge you $180 fees. The other option is for you to approach an embassy directly no fees charged. You won't be accomodated in the area where they assign visa's but will be escorted to the DHS office which will be located around the embassy itself. Documents that you must keep handy:

Copy of lost AP if on hand
In our case we did not so we took the receipt notice which was received after filing and print out from uscis.gov showing filing was approved
police report stating the document has been misplaced
485 receipt notice showing that it is pending and has been filed more then 180 days ago.

Once they agree to issue you a TL you will have to provide them the carrier and port of entry info when arriving here in the US. For eg; if you are landing in to JFK they will addess a letter to authorities at JFK. They will then issue you two letters in sealed envelopes 1 for immigration when departing and the other for immigration after landing here. It is also adviced to try and get a non stop flight to avoid any hassle with transit immigration since you will have nothing to show them or provide to them as far as a travel document is concerned. Hope this helps and Good Luck.