Originally Posted by winterfresh2

Hello,

In May 2013, I posted that I was approved for Advance Parole [educational purposes] to study abroad in Germany. I applied for AP when the option first came out in Feb 2013 and successfully studied in Germany from Sep 2013 - Jan 2014. Here is my old thread: http://dreamact.info/forum/showthread.php?t=50180 - lost my account info

Today, my case status for I821D renewal has been updated to approved!

USCIS received my application 6/19/14, biometrics were done 7/17/14, my case was put in Additional Review on 8/18/14 (had to call a Level 2 representative to find out. This was most likely due to AP - my sister and I had the same timeline and she was approved at a normal rate), and my original DACA expired 9/27/14 (last Saturday). I was approved last night 9/29/14, which confirms that AP does delay the renewal process - at least for the first AP applicants, since protocol for DACA renewals with AP might not have been established yet.

Rarely post on here, but I saw that several people had questions about AP. Hope this helps, have a great day everyone

Best,
J