My wife and daughter applied for AP in March.
They left to India on 4/28/04.
In the second week of May, USCIS online message showed that "This case was approved. Approval letter was mailed on 5/7/04".
We received them on 5/20/04. To my surprise, APs shows that they were approved on 4/16/04 and valid until 4/16/2005.
The following USCIS memo states that "Individuals travelling abroad must be approved for Advance Parole before leaving the country"
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/TravAdvisory3_24_04.pdf
So, though we received them after they left the country, APs were approved before they left the country. So I hope they can use the APs to reenter USA. Is this right?
or do they need to have them in hand before they leave the country?
They left to India on 4/28/04.
In the second week of May, USCIS online message showed that "This case was approved. Approval letter was mailed on 5/7/04".
We received them on 5/20/04. To my surprise, APs shows that they were approved on 4/16/04 and valid until 4/16/2005.
The following USCIS memo states that "Individuals travelling abroad must be approved for Advance Parole before leaving the country"
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/TravAdvisory3_24_04.pdf
So, though we received them after they left the country, APs were approved before they left the country. So I hope they can use the APs to reenter USA. Is this right?
or do they need to have them in hand before they leave the country?