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Do you think it is worth it for me to try to get advance permission to travel abroad

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06-08-2013, 11:58 PM
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Q: The USCIS granted my DACA application. Do you think it is worth it for me to try to get advance permission so that I can travel abroad? Now that I have temporary legal status under the Obama deferred action program, I would like to take some college courses that may require I travel outside the United States. I don’t want to waste my time and money by applying just to get rejected. Diego Ortiz, Blue Island, Illinois
[/DNLEDETEXT][DNLEDETEXT]A: The deferred action program is too new for me to assess how generous USCIS will be in granting advanced parole. However, I know of cases where DACA status holders were successful in their advanced parole requests. I’d try it.
Advanced parole is permission to return to the United States after travel abroad. Some DACA holders were worried that if they left the United States, even with advanced parole, immigration could later find that they were barred for permanent residence for having left after having been unlawfully present in the United States. USCIS has been issuing advanced parole documents saying that the unlawful presence bars don’t apply. That takes the risk out of advanced parole travel.
To qualify for advanced parole under the DACA program, the applicant must convince the USCIS that you are traveling for humanitarian, business or educational reasons. An example of an educational reason might be to attend a conference or complete course requirements. A humanitarian reason would include travel to visit a close relative who is ill or dying.
One final note: If you entered the United States by sneaking in, your “entry without inspection” is cured by returning from a trip abroad with advanced parole. After your entry with advanced parole, immigration considers you to have been inspected and admitted. Then, if you marry a U.S. citizen, you can interview here for permanent residence. Wouldn't that be a nice end to your immigrant story?

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...#ixzz2VgjAFPQC
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06-09-2013, 12:23 AM
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Eh, I deleted my comment. I didn't know this was a newspaper clipping.
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