Only got two copies of AP from INS!

[Tinies]

AP filed on March 30 and approved on May 1. But I just got two copies (with photos) instead of 3 copies (2 with and 1 without photo).

Would this affect my travel with them?

 

[munu]

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INS was supposed to change the format of AP from April 1st. Did you get the AP on some special security paper with your picture scanned on it. If it is scannned then this is the new procedure and 2 copies should be OK. If your pictures are pasted directly then you might have to check

 

[Tinies]

Thanks a lot, I have photo-scanned copies

So my copies are really novel. The pictures were scanned. But how do you know INS changed the format of AP?

 

[munu]

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My lawyer told me...and also read on Murthy newsletter..here is what she said......

Change in INS Form Upon Issuance of Advance Parole

Effective as of April 1, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) changed the form that employment-based applicants receive indicating
advance parole approvals. The change affects the document issued by the INS,
not the form required for filing the request for advance parole. The new
INS-issued form is I-512L (Authorization for Parole of an Alien into the
United States), which replaces the old I-512. The new form contains three
primary security features. First, the form is now on security paper. Second,
the photograph is scanned onto the document. Third, the maceration stamp or
seal will not be on the document.

As regular MURTHYBULLETIN and MurthyDotCom readers are aware, advance parole
is prior permission to reenter the U.S. after foreign travel. Advance parole
has to be filed while in the U.S. and before departing the U.S. It is
available as an option to enable a person to reenter the U.S. in certain
specific instances, most commonly for persons in the I-485, Application for
Adjustment of Status, process. The procedure for requesting advance parole
on Form I-131 remains unchanged.

In order to better assure proper delivery of the I-512L, the Nebraska
Service Center will send the documents to the attorney of record, if one is
mentioned on the G-28 filed in connection with the request for the Advance
Parole. Otherwise, the advance parole will be sent directly to the
applicant. The other INS Service Centers have not yet indicated to whom they
will mail the new Form I-512L.

The notification did not address the issue of continued use of the old
approval forms. Presumably, any previously approved forms, usually valid for
multiple entries for one year, would continue to be valid until expiration.

 

[winder]

With 2 copies of AP, does it mean I can only use them for 2 entries?

If I will do another one, do I need to ask INS to send more?

 

[ardur]

Not really

Winder:

Each AP should state that it can be used for multiple entries. This will be the case if you requested multiple entries when you filed for AP. My APs do state multiple entries (it is somewhere in the text), so you may want to check yours.