need to go home

[needtogohome]

Hi All,

I am currently on H1B (have H1B visa stamp on my passport). I plan on filing my I-485, EAD and AP applications very soon. I also want to make a trip home ASAP.

It is clear that a person can travel outside US on H1B while the AOS application is pending, however the requirement of carrying the I-485 filing/receipt notice along with the valid visa is not very clearly addressed.

The INS memo dated June 1999 states that a person needs to provide the valid visa and the original I-485 receipt notice at the POE, but the most recent INS memo dated May 2000 does not mention this requirement.

Does this mean it is not required to carry the receipt notice?

I need this information in order to decide if it is safe to travel without the receipt notice or just wait till the receipt notice comes through.

Thank You.

 

[ginnu]

I am currently on H1B (have H1B visa stamp on my passport). I plan on filing my I-485, EAD and AP applications very soon. I also want to make a trip home ASAP.
----- The day your lawyer sends the Papers to BCIS your lawyer will get filing receipts in 10-15 days for all the applications
It is clear that a person can travel outside US on H1B while the AOS application is pending, however the requirement of carrying the I-485 filing/receipt notice along with the valid visa is not very clearly addressed.
-------- If you have valid H1b visa stamp in passport and you want to enter US with valid H1visa sticker no need of I-485 filing receipt, if you enter with AP then they may ask the I-485 filing receipt (I have noted they don’t ask just see the valid AP if enter with AP)
The INS memo dated June 1999 states that a person needs to provide the valid visa and the original I-485 receipt notice at the POE, but the most recent INS memo dated May 2000 does not mention this requirement.
----Believe the recent memo
Does this mean it is not required to carry the receipt notice?


-------- If you enter with H1b visa I-485 filing receipt is not needed
I need this information in order to decide if it is safe to travel without the receipt notice or just wait till the receipt notice comes through.

------ if you are still worried your lawyer can fax you the receipt, ask him
Thank You.