Advance Parole

Hello my husband and I were married in June 2020, I am an American citizen and my husband is here on his OPT. We applied for the change of status and the advance parole all together in August 2020. Our paperwork is showing to be at the National Benefits Center. It is showing that applications submitted in June had a 5.5 to 7.5 timelines for the advance parole. We are now at 5.5 months and looking to find more information. My husband has a family member who has been struggling with health and he is trying to see them asap. We have not heard anything about our application. What is the processes after submitting? Should we be seeing something before he get his advance parole to travel ? Does anyone else have a timeline similar to us or advice for us.

How long does it take to get Advance parole in hand after it was approved

I traveled to a Caribbean island for 8 weeks. I returned to the US on Monday and I had no problems using my combo card. I was just redirected to another office for secondary screening only because I do not have the green card yet. The immigration officer looked at my combo card and passport, no questions asked and said everything is good, have a good evening .

So here’s my experience, after so much fears and putting everything in line , I read a lot of good and bad stuffs on the internet but never read a bad experience about someone who was sent back using AP, so I decided to pray to God forgetting the risk, considering the fact that my case as been pending since 2019 after RFE I still went , I also have an overstay of two years , so the final day came, myself and my wife flew using delta airline , got home and through seeing my family and friends I took everything off my mind and enjoyed my stay , stayed 13days and the day came to move and I went back to being scared and optimistic, flew in through Atlanta airport , and in all honesty about 3 question where asked from us , for my wife he asked “who’s he to you” and my wife answered he’s my husband and one for me was “have you been to Europe “ and I said no because never been there , and he took us to another officer very close to him who asked of our house address from my wife and that was it , I wasn’t sent to secondary, the cbp officer said you can now leave sir/ma , stamped my passport and parole paper because I applied for my advance parole separately...

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Just received ead/ap combo card. Is it safe to travel on it and come back ? Any things to consider?

Hi. I am USC and my wife recently got her Advance Parole. It was our first trip outside of U.S. When we landed to JFK, the office just asked where we were (we were in MX for vacation) and took her to another room. Asked her if she was still married and she said yes and thats it. So if you have AP, do not worry, even during covid they will let you in.

Hi l travel to my home country Jamaica for 5 weeks have no problem coming back it take around 10 mins to clear immigration..

Hi, here my experience. I wanted to go back Italy (Banned country by US) for Xmas with my wife and son because was over a year without seeing my old parents.
We have three i\Italian passports and no one is US Citizen.

We knew and we were prepared to spend two weeks in a third country as Croazia, Turkey, Mexico or Santo Domingo but while there our attorney sent an email to CBP asking if with AP I can travel straight Italy-US or travel somewhere for 14 days. They replied since we have valid AP we don't need a to apply for a National Interest Exemption and we can fly straight. However I think there's a lot of confusion here. No one knows really the situation. We just printed that email and showed at the airport. Once you are on a place you are good. Arrived at NY airport the immigration process was so smooth.
Suggestion, contact the CBP and try to get something in writing.

Please I’m here to find out about question that were asked using advance parole when coming back in and taken into secondary and if anything about how you got into the country with your b1/b2 visa was asked or why you overstayed etc , I have no criminal history whatsoever...thanks

Hi everyone! I want apply for advanced parole along with my mom and siblings. My biological dad/ My mom's husband is a US citizen, should I have anything to worry about? I am pending approval for my PR. It is an emergency visit.