Procedure at immi with Advanced Parole?

[rav_oranges]

Guys,

My lawyer is insisting that when I come back from my trip abroad I should use my advanced parole.

Could someone who has returned from abroad and used their advanced parole tell me what happened at the airport?

Thanks.

 

[Yankee_Boy]

Show the advance parole at the Port of Entry. They will ask you to either go to a different counter or a separate room. They do a check (may be to confirm your pending I-485 etc) and will let you go. Although I carried just a photocopy of my pending I-485 receipt notice they never asked for it. All I used to give were the I-94, Passport, Parole, and Customs Form.

 

[catch_22_4_GC]

Guys,

My lawyer is insisting that when I come back from my trip abroad I should use my advanced parole.

Could someone who has returned from abroad and used their advanced parole tell me what happened at the airport?

Thanks.

If you have a valid H1 visa (especially if the visa is valid beyond 1 year), I suggest you enter POE showing your H1. Otherwise, use AP to enter. I-94 is issued with a validity of one year only, if you enter through AP. Please be aware that DMVs, in some states, create trouble to issue/renew your drivers licence if your I-94 validity is one year or less than one year.

 

[velu555]

My Experience was same as Yankee_Boy. Out of three AP's that I gave them, they took one and returned me two. My I-94 was stamped untill the AP's expiration date.