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flyavila

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I Recently got married to an American citizen.I am an airline pilot and go in and out of the U.S with my airline. Does anyone have a clue with regards to the advanced parole or what would be the procedure i should follow to get my temporary /permanent visa if i have to leave the country every week.I can't remain months without working.Thank you.
 
you leave and they wont let you back in , its the opposite of prison but it feels like prison. they however have a Pilot Program in Dallas, the state the president lives in, Immigration ther takes days instead of years.
 
eric v said:
you leave and they wont let you back in , its the opposite of prison but it feels like prison. they however have a Pilot Program in Dallas, the state the president lives in, Immigration ther takes days instead of years.
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He is a pilot and flies an airline. That has nothing to do with DORA.

flyavila, what visa are you on? C or D?
 
eric v said:
. they however have a Pilot Program in Dallas, the state the president lives in, Immigration ther takes days instead of years.
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The program in Texas is not for pilots...is for "sailors" who swim back and forth every night across Rio Grande :D...actually all the time forth and rarely back ;)
 
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flyavila said:
Does anyone have a clue with regards to the advanced parole or what would be the procedure i should follow to get my temporary /permanent visa if i have to leave the country every week.
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When you get to the stage when you file your I-485, you'll also file for an Advance Parole, and also (in most cases) an EAD.


Upon filing for I-485, if your status is anything other than H1b, H4, L1, L4, then you should not leave the country until you get your Advance parole, as they would consider your I-485 as abandoned. This may cause some friction with your employer, since you seem to need to cross the border very frequently, and it could take a couple of months to get an Advance Parole. If you do not have an H1b, H4, L1, L4, then it may be wise to take a vacation upon filing the I-485 and Advance Parole. If you have an H1b, H4, L1, L4, then the procedure is a little simpler, but I won't go into that, unless you tell us what your status was.

Once you get your Advance Parole in your hand, you can cross the border as many times as you need, as long as your Advance Parole is valid. The procedure seems to be different depending in which POE you cross at. Some POE's will take the original copy of your Advance Parole, others will stamp it with a "Paroled Until" date, and give you the stamped copy. You can ignore the "Paroled Until" date, as the validity of the Advance Parole is the one marked on the document itslef, not the stamp. Every time you cross the border into the US, you'll need show your Advance Parole. The may give you additional stamps. A co-worker of mine that travels almost every week, has an Advance Parole full of stamps on it. He uses that every time he travels. Eventually the officer will tell you to use a clean original of the Advance Parole, since the first one might fill up, and there'll be no more space for stamps.

Remember to aplpy for a new Advance Parole at least 3 months before the current one expires, so that you can keep travelling without interruption.
 
Lately everything has been going faster...MAYBE..just MAYBE but a huge MAYBE you can try to send in all your paperwork and then get an infoPass and get a really nice immigration officer that will understand your situation and could consider it an emergency AP. Of course this is usually granted after you've waited for at least 90 days which in your case it's not possible. But who knows, maybe you'll be lucky, nothing wrong with trying out every possible option.
 
I have been to the Rio Grand and did not see any sailors , and what makes Dallas so special they should wait in the soup line just like the rest of us.
 
eric v said:
I have been to the Rio Grand and did not see any sailors , and what makes Dallas so special they should wait in the soup line just like the rest of us.
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DORA is a test pilot program being implemented by USCIS in dallas. If the results are succesful and it is proven that process is more efficient, it would be implemented nationwide.
 
thanks, that would be good,i noticed that JJBBKK only had one biometrics done and still got GC does that happen often , because some people are saying just walk into ASC w/ receipt of I-485 and they should do Biometrics?
 
eric v said:
I have been to the Rio Grand and did not see any sailors , and what makes Dallas so special they should wait in the soup line just like the rest of us.
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They are "sailors" with no boats, they cross Rio Grande swimming, in the middle of the night ;)

In the U.S. are over 11 million illegals.
6+ millions are from Mexico and another 2+ millions are from South America to a total of almost 9 millions.

A chunk of these 9 million illegals are the night "sailors" from Rio Grande :eek:
 
I think you don't apply for AP (advance parole) because you are not in the US, AP is just for people who are in adjustment of status and because your type of job you can be consider that you will be through CP (Consular Processing) since really you are not living here.

Now all this is thinking that the airline where you work is NOT a US airline and you are based outside the US, right?

Good luck,
 
What type of visa do you have? If you are on a C or D, then you cannot adjust status in the US unless something has changed.
 
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