Advance Parole

I have been asking a lot of questions here lol

Have anyone of you requested or travelled with advance parole when your DACA was about to expire? Mine expires this November and my trip eill be the last week of July.

Hello,

Thanks to those that shared their experiences it encouraged me and my wife to travel to Canada for her work using AP.

The major problem we had is timing, her company 8 months in advance offered a course for her in Victoria, BC... plenty of time for AP but it took 9 months to get back to us and by then the course was over. We had to show proof of her intent including seminar dates so when they got back to us we received a letter along the lines of, 'Your dates have passed, do you have any other dates you need AP for?' so instantly we look for the next change and we lucked out and there was another one in May. We sent off the letter as well as some pages we printed out online showing the course, and they got back to us in a couple of weeks with the AP documents. Of course during this time the Presidency had changed and we began to worry. I figured as long as Daca wasn't repealed we would be good to go, plus the stories I read on this site was encouraging... although most everyone has traveled for humanitarian purposes to Mexico... not on business to Canada. We did not know how inquisitive they would be on where we went, what we did, who we talked to, etc.

So we left out of Portland, OR we had to get an eta (electronic travel authorization) from Canada for my wife to visit with her Mexican passport (eta takes about 5 minutes to apply for online and costs 7 bucks, we then got an email with a number and a message stating we can now enter Canada). We showed them the eta document at the counter in Portland and of course they had no idea what it was and we spent 25 minutes at the counter as they tried to verify it with the Canadians. They knew she no longer needed a visa to visit Canada but they had no way on their end to input this number and have the system 'ok' it. Long story short, it worked out, but I thought for a few minutes our trip was over before it even begun.

Canada was smooth, we showed the AP Documents and ETA and they let us in with no problem. The weekend went well, Victoria was pretty, her seminar was boring, we left 3 days later on Monday. We went from Victoria to Vancouver and I was thinking she would get inspected when we landed in Portland but actually she was inspected in Vancouver. Again, different from the stories on here... we dont think the US wing of Vancouver airport was familiar with the Daca stuff or the agents were new as we spent the entire hour layover in secondary as they tried to figure out what to do. Someone who seemed to know what was going on finally got the agents through the process. When I saw them finger printing her I was relieved... they asked her about the seminar, what she did in the US... and that was about it. We hurried to our flight which was boarding for PDX, and that was that.

I am now excited I can fill out I-130 and try to adjust her status, we've been married almost 6 years and I feel like I can FINALLY have a path towards helping her, this was stressful but worth it, I kept telling myself things would work out, we'd be fine.. and things did work out. I told myself if we got through this I would type out our situation and pass along any encouragement to someone reading this wondering if things will work out. Trump digs himself a hole every day, I dont seem him repealing Daca anytime soon. I am now renewing her Daca and filing I-130 so hopefully there is no lapses in her status that might somehow cause problems with her adjustment of status or employment.

As I mentioned before, they've (USCIS) been extremely slow and seemingly spiteful with how they're handling our cases.. However after requesting for a renewal of Daca back in January (2017) I was finally approved on May 22nd 2017. Mind you my Daca was expired for a whole month (4/9/17). I could've lost my job but THANKFULLY that wasn't the case.

-As for my Avanced Parole, it's still pending since 09/27/16. They requested for more evidence back in March, I provided more, and still waiting. I can submit another service request after June 1st. Can't wait!

Please share your Daca renewal experience (timeline). Clearly they've been slacking.

Hi all,

After requesting expedite AP over phone to visit my sick grandmother, I got an email asking me to fax my proof as below:

"The status of this service request is:

Upon receipt of your request for expeditious processing, your case was reviewed and a determination was made that we need additional information to make a decision regarding your request. Please fax proof of an emergency requiring travel on company letterhead or other such verifiable proof of an emergency requiring travel to the following number: 816-251-2290, Attn: LA1657, Div 5, Team #3. Please include this notice with your fax.“

However, since the day I received this email I have been trying to fax them on a daily basis for different times, and none of the fax go through. My office's fax machine is totally working and the report just said the line is busy/no response. I called the number it never went through as well. Does anyone also experience this right now? I can't believe that the expedite process gives you a number that not even working.

I called the customer service and talked to 2nd tier officer, even the officer was surprised and called that number herself, and it's not working. But the officer said she can't do much about it and only asked me to email [email protected] to report the issue. I emailed, no response either.

Is there anyone had similar issue and has advice for this? Thank you for sharing and help!!

Hello all,
I want to say I had a successful flight back using interject airline through LAX. I thank everyone in here for there successful experiences that gave me courage to travel abroad after thinking twice about applying and to take the risk to see my sick grandmother in Mexico.

here Is my timeline:
-my lawyer sent application on January 13,2017
it was for Humanitarian purpose
-approval took about 3 months
- April 26th documents mailed to me
-Approval dates (one month) May 1-31st
I traveled may 18th - may 23th.

prior to arriving to LAX you will need to fill out a declaration form (make sure you fill it out correctly)
I came back a Tuesday so It wasn't as busy.
when it was my turn I handed the CBP the advance parole documents.
he asked me what was advance parole and I explained what it was, he also asked me what school I went too, where did I work, and what do I do and also how old was I , NO questions asked about my trip. I was really nervous from the inside but I did not show it from the outside LOL! no need to be nervous, as long as you have a clean record you should be fine.
he then took me to the secondary room and waited about 30m, officer called my name and handed me my stamped passport , with a copy of my advance parole document ( they kept one).
and then I was set to go.
it was such a great experience going back to Mexico, I recommend you guys not to be nervous and enjoy your trip.
it is SOOO worth it, don't think about it twice and GO FOR IT!
thank you all !!!

HI EVERYONE. MY HUSBAND IS A DACA RECIPIENT FROM MEXICO.
TIMELINE FOR AP:
APPLIED 11/18, RECIEPT SENT EARLY DECEMBER, APPROVAL RECEIVED 4/24

US PASSPORTS FOR BOTH OUR CHILDREN AND MYSELF RECEIVED WITHIN 10 DAYS FOR PASSPORT APPS BEING SUBMITTED.
 
We are not sure if he should risk leaving the US even though he has been granted DACA twice and has been Approved for his AP because he is at risk for having the 10yr bar implemented because of 2 EWI'S ONCE as a minor and ONCE at 18yrs with 3 years in between reentry. He was also charged with reckless driving for passing in a no passing zone to avoid being in a major accident due to a guy going way under the speed limit ahead of us. There was a car behind ius and there was no time to brake so he was forced to pass. He was given credit for time served, had his license suspended and then was sent to the Tacoma Detention Center. We posted his $7k bond, got a good lawyer, he was granted DACA, and his case was dismissed.

OUR QUESTION IS:
HAS ANYONE WHO WAS AT RISK OF HAVING A 10YR BAR AND A MINOR CHARGE STILL SUCCESSFULLY LEFT THE US RETURNED. OUR ATTORNEY SAID THIS IS OUR ONLY SHOT UNLESS MYSELF OR ONE OF MY CHILDREN JOINS THE MILITARY. PLEASE HELP!?!

I'm going to apply for advance parole so I can visit my grandmother in Mexico. She has heart problems and my aunt sent me a letter from the doctor in Nov of 2016, do you guys think they'll ask me for a more recent letter? I wanted to go in December but I was gave birth on Nov and I didm't want to leave or take my baby to Mexico. I was also in nursing school so I couldn't go anywhere until I graduated because it was a fast track program. I want to prepare the packet on my own, does any one have any tips?

Thank you!

So my husband and I are traveling to Mexico City tonight he has a combo card as wears adjusting his status just wondering what he needs to take is his passport and combo card enough? Or does he need to take all of his adjustment paperwork?

I have been reading a lot of bad reviews for Aeromexico, and I was planning to departure with them.
Can anyone tell me their experiences with either Aeromexico or Interjet? or any third party airline. which one do you recommend
Is it true that they make you go through customs and immigration all over again in Mexico City?

Has anybody traveled from Dallas airport to mexico? I am traveling the next week with my us citizens sons and husband!!! Please share your experience.