Need Help on entering US with AP

[bwong]

My Dad will be coming back to US with his AP after 9 months stay in his home country. Currently his GC case is still pending. I searched through this forum and here’s the information I could find. Are these accurate? Your input will be greatly appreciated!

1. Fill in a new I-94 card at the airport.

2. Take the visitors line (for people with visas) at the airport.

3. Document to bring: passport, new I-94 card, AP, I-485 receipt.

4. Since he’s been outside the country for 9 months, does he need to bring some other documents showing the reason he’s been away for so long? Someone here suggests no need but does anyone have similar experience? My Mom and my Dad have both be hospitalized in home country during this 9 months period.

5. So will he be asked to go into a separate room where an officer will question him? Or everything will happen while he’s in line with others?

6. The officer will stamp his AP and return both pages to him. Or will the officer take away one page of AP?

7. What date will the officer put on I-94? One year from the entry date? What does that date mean?

8. Has anyone had any bad experience like being rejected entry into US and asked to return to home country right away? How could I help while waiting outside at the airport?

If you have similar experience before , could you please share with us? Thanks so much for your help on this!

[Indian_Citizen]

1.May be. I don’t think so.
2.Yes true
3.Passport, AP, I guess they issue a new I 94 at POE with date same as date on AP
4.No need of any documents. He is not Permanent Resident yet.
5.I guess they take to separate room. If he is not violated any rules in USA it may take just 1 minute.
6.I guess he gives 1 page to you. That’s what I heard. But in my case he gave me back both of them.
7.No date of AP ends.
8.Yes they can do that. If he is not violated any immigration laws and any other laws in USA he is fine

[bwong]

Thanks for your response. I really apprecite it!

My major concern was that he's been away for 9 months using AP. They may say AP is for urgent matters only and question him for staying too long outside US. Other than that, we have been following all the rules carefully.

[Jackolantern]

5: Yes, for Advance Parole they almost always send people to the secondary inspection room. It could take 2 minutes, or it could take 2 hours if they are busy questioning a large set of people with questionable immigration status.

6: Sometimes they take one page. But give them all and let them decide.

7: For Advance Parole, the standard procedure is to stamp 1 year for the I-94. But with a pending I-485 that doesn't really matter as far as immigration is concerned. Although for other purposes like driver's license they may decide to make the DL expire at the same time as the I-94.

8: Haven't heard of that happening to people who have no past immigration violations or criminal record. But if he filed I-485 after overstaying a tourist visa for 180 days or more, they can and probably will send him back.

[bwong]

Thanks a lot for all your inputs! Much appreciated!

[Triple Citizen]

Make sure he is carrying documentation to prove this, just in case.

Originally Posted by bwong

4. Since he’s been outside the country for 9 months, does he need to bring some other documents showing the reason he’s been away for so long? Someone here suggests no need but does anyone have similar experience? My Mom and my Dad have both be hospitalized in home country during this 9 months period.

[Indian_Citizen]

I guess thats required only for PR. If he is not PR then he is not required to follow PR restrictions.

[bwong]

Hi Indian_Citizen,

Thanks for your reply. Do you remember when you entered US with AP, have you filled out the I-94 form? If so, did you leave item 10 (City Where Visa was Issued) and item 11 (Date Issued) blank? Because in this case, there isn't a visa.

Thanks for your help!

[Triple Citizen]

I used 2 AP's during my 11 month long AOS and I had to fill in an I-94 for the initial use of both APs.

Originally Posted by bwong

Do you remember when you entered US with AP, have you filled out the I-94 form?

[Indian_Citizen]

I guess I did not fill out any I 94. But they gave me nice printed I 94 with same date as my AP.

[TheRealCanadian]

Originally Posted by bwong

Do you remember when you entered US with AP, have you filled out the I-94 form? If so, did you leave item 10 (City Where Visa was Issued) and item 11 (Date Issued) blank? Because in this case, there isn't a visa.

If there's no visa, you leave it blank or N/A. Not everyone who gets an I-94 has a visa.

[bwong]

Thank you all for your kindly response. I do appreciate it very much!