The other exception is people who are maintaining H1b/H4/L1/L2/K3/K4/V status, who leave and are re-admitted into the same status. They do not abandon their pending Adjustment of Status applications, even if they do not have Advance Parole. See 8 CFR 245.2(a)(4)(ii)(C).
No. You wait for a month when the date on the chart here for F2A is after your I-130 received date, to file AOS. For the last several years, USCIS has chosen The Dates for Filing chart every month for the family-based categories. For December 2025, the date on the chart is November 22, 2025...
If you are paroled, you will not be on H1b status; you will be on Parolee status. If it's a trip of less than 30 days to Canada only, perhaps you can re-enter on H1b using Automatic Revalidation.
The I-130 needs to be officially received by USCIS before November 22 for him to be able to file I-485 in December. If it's received on November 22, it's too late.
I'm not sure how that will affect the STEM OPT extension.
After he files AOS (I-485), he can't leave the US while I-485 is pending...
Check the relevant year's form 1040 instructions, the section near the beginning called "Do You Have to File?" See if anything there that requires filing applies to you. Note that the income is your worldwide income (US plus abroad) the whole year.
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