#advance-parole

Tagged #advance-parole

Every article we've published on this topic, sorted by the agency's own announcement date.

USCIS

USCIS warns: Advance Parole travel now risks 3- to 10-year re-entry bars

A new BIA ruling changes the legal treatment of Advance Parole departures, exposing travelers with prior unlawful presence to serious re-entry bars for the first time in over a decade.

removal defense
OTHER

BIA Overturns Advance Parole Precedent, Blocking DACA Green Card Path

The Board of Immigration Appeals overruled a 14-year-old precedent, holding that advance parole travel now triggers unlawful presence bars for DACA holders seeking adjustment of status.

policy update
USCIS

BIA Holds Advance Parole Travel Can Trigger Unlawful-Presence Bar

New BIA precedential decision overrules 14-year-old precedent: advance parole departure now triggers three- and ten-year unlawful-presence bars under INA 212(a)(9)(B). Practitioners must reassess travel risk for clients with prior unlawful presence.

removal defense
USCIS

Advance Parole for AOS Applicants: When You Need It, and What Happens If You Travel Without It

The Form I-131 advance parole document is what lets a pending adjustment-of-status applicant leave the United States without abandoning the I-485. Here is the rule, the exceptions, and the consequences of getting it wrong.

travel documents 6 min
USCIS

TPS travel: advance parole, the Arrabally rule, and the stop-time risks of leaving the United States

Why TPS holders should not assume international travel is risk-free, how advance parole interacts with the unlawful-presence bars, and where the post-Matter of Z-R-Z-C- landscape stands after the 2022 USCIS policy shift.

humanitarian 6 min