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USCIS Issues a Fact Sheet to Remind Individuals to apply EARLY for Advance Parole
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has recently issued a fact sheet reminding qualifying applilcants to apply EARLY for an Advance Parole document, as Advance Parole processing times take about 90 days.
The list of applicants who must obtain an Advance Parole document before traveling outside of the United States is as follows:
• Applicants that have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS);
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FYI – Tips for I-131 Re-entry Permits
According to a recent AILA Liaison Committee meeting, I-485, Adjustment of Status applicants who intend to file for their second or subsequent I-131 reentry permit should file with 30 days or less remaining on the previous valid I-131 document…otherwise an RFE will most likely be issued asking for the valid travel document before a new I-131 is issued to the applicant…
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Filing of Re-entry Permit Requires PHYSICAL PRESENCE
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently dismissed an appeal
brought by a foreign national who applied for a re-entry permit while outside of the Continental United States. The regulation at 8 C.F.R. § 223.2 (b) states in pertinent part that except as otherwise provided, an application may be approved if filed by a person who is in the United States at the time of application and is a lawful permanent resident or conditional permanent resident.
In the aforementioned case, the applicant filed Form I-131, Application for Travel Document with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on April 24, 2006. On July 24, 2006, a request for additional evidence (RFE) was issued asking the applicant to produce evidencing indicating his actual date of departure from the United States. The applicant replied with evidence that he had departed the U.S. on February 28, 2006. The applicant did not dispute that he was outside of the U.S. when he filed Form I-131; however, he explained that he was only attempting to extend his expired travel document.