New Advance Parole Application Form, I-131, and "Class of Admission" Question
Sometimes, when the government makes a change in the form, they publish it without detailed instructions. In the new form, the government added a new item in the form in Part 1, "Class of Admission." Some people enter the U.S. in one type of nonimmigrant classification and change the status to another type of nonimmigrant classification. For instance, from F-1 to H-1B, B-2 to F-1, etc. Which one people should write in? According to the immigration authorities, it is the "current" nonimmigrant classification. Thus, those who changed his/her nonimmigrant status should write the new nonimmigrant visa class in this item of the I-131 form.
It appears that this question is asked to determine whether the applicant is ineligible for I-131. In the Advance Parole context, the applicant is ineligible if he/she was or is in a J-1 exchange visitor status being subject to two-year foreign residency requirement or he/she is in exclusion, deportation, removal or recission proceedings.
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Source:
http://www.immigration-law.com/
Breaking News Archive VI
(11/01/2002 - 02/28/2003)
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