Does travel using AP require the adjustee to have the original I-485 receipt

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sgi

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My spouse has left the country without the original I-485 receipt notice (but has copies of the same) and is using AP to travel.

Wanted to know if not having the original document could pose a problem at POE.

Thanks
sgi
 
In today's climate it is advisable to bring the original of I-485 receipt. Let's hope that he enters the U.S without problems .. :)
 
Technically not...

As per rule, no.. At port of entry, they never look at your I-485 receipts. They only look at your Advance Parole papers. If you are travelling more than once in the same validity period, it is more easy for you at POE since it has already verified and stamped previously (you can use the same old copy when you travelled first).

But it may be required while getting your boarding pass. If the clerk at Airline ticket counter is not knowledgeable enough about Advance Parole and if your Visa has already expired in the passport, then you may need to show I-485 receipts.

This is what exactly happend to me. I was travelling second time abroad in the same year and my Visa has already got expired, the clerk was reluctant to issue boarding pass based on Advance Parole copy. I showed the I-485 papers, then she consulted her boss and then issued boarding pass.

It is always better to have I-485 receipts carry with you. If not, that's Ok if you manage getting boarding pass
 
thanks

gc012002 & vijguy, I get replies here faster than my attorney cares to do

guess I need to now send the original by post now.


sgi
 
sgi,
If you want to send the original of I-485 to your husband, PLEASE DO use a reliable courier like FEDEX so you can track the delivery.
The original of I-485 receipt notice cannot be reproduced. If it is lost in the mail, you cannot ask BCIS to produce a duplicate of it.
 
frequent traveller

I have travelled several times for business using my Advanced Parole without the original receipt notice. I only carried a copy of it. In fact, I did not get the original notice from my attorney and was never asked for it at the POE.
 
same

I never gotthe original from my attorney ..

I am hoping to have no problem with copies, as after all if they ask for I485 recipts, they gonna verify it with the database .. anyways
 
neither do I have the origianl receipt

and my attorney has it's possession.

I have decided to email and ask him if he could let me have the original receipt.
Will post back to this thread once he responds (now that could be days, as he follows BCIS example ):)

Thanks to all who posted, seems that people have travelled with original receipts/ copies of the receipts.


sgi
 
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