March 29, 2002
Our Second Little Yellow Receipt
We receive an envelope from INS, postmarked 3/27/02. This time the address is typed.
Its only contents: a small yellow receipt that indicates our check for $110.00 for the processing of the I-131 Advance Parole had been cashed on 3/23/02.
We find it amusing that there are no instructions or any other correspondence in the envelope. Just the little yellow receipt. They should really have something to the effect of DO NOT LOSE THIS because it's a very important little document.
We know that Advance Parole currently takes 90 days, which means we may not know Ewa's Advance Parole status until the end of June.
This means she will be unable to leave the United States and return. Even though she's my wife.
Its only contents: a small yellow receipt that indicates our check for $110.00 for the processing of the I-131 Advance Parole had been cashed on 3/23/02.
We find it amusing that there are no instructions or any other correspondence in the envelope. Just the little yellow receipt. They should really have something to the effect of DO NOT LOSE THIS because it's a very important little document.
We know that Advance Parole currently takes 90 days, which means we may not know Ewa's Advance Parole status until the end of June.
This means she will be unable to leave the United States and return. Even though she's my wife.
March 12, 2002
Sending off the Advance Parole
I mailed the Advance Parole (I-131) packet to INS New York Office via U.S. Certified Mail.
March 11, 2002
A Day at the Office
Ewa goes to the INS office downtown because she has some questions about Advance Parole.
She has the I-131 Advance Parole Document ready to submit, just in case you can file in person.
But you can't. The INS guy is very nice, she tells me.
She has the I-131 Advance Parole Document ready to submit, just in case you can file in person.
But you can't. The INS guy is very nice, she tells me.
March 5, 2002
Life Without Parole?
Okay, I made a mistake. I should have filed the I-131 Advance Parole Document as well as the I-765 Employment Authorization Document at the same time I filed the I-485 Adjustment of Status and the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative back in December.
(What's really scary is I know all these form names and numbers by heart)
My logic for not filing the I-131 Advance Parole at the same time was pretty stupid; I didn't want to"complicate things."
Without Advance Parole, Ewa can not leave the country and return. If she were to leave, our I-485 Adjustment of Status would be void. We'd have to start all over again, and since she would be outside the US, we'd have to wait a long time to see each other. Not good for married couples.
For some reason, I had thought we'd be receiving the "A-Number" shortly after we filed the papers in December. The A-Number is basically what the INS knows you as. It is your case number and becomes your identitfier. I figured we'd wait until we got the A-Number and then file the I-131 Advance Parole.
But, my bad, it takes about six months to get your A-Number. Ewa would like the chance to go home and see her family in Poland as soon as possible. After all, it's been since August 2001 that she's been here, unable to leave.
So, we're going to file the I-131 Advance Parole.
(What's really scary is I know all these form names and numbers by heart)
My logic for not filing the I-131 Advance Parole at the same time was pretty stupid; I didn't want to"complicate things."
Without Advance Parole, Ewa can not leave the country and return. If she were to leave, our I-485 Adjustment of Status would be void. We'd have to start all over again, and since she would be outside the US, we'd have to wait a long time to see each other. Not good for married couples.
For some reason, I had thought we'd be receiving the "A-Number" shortly after we filed the papers in December. The A-Number is basically what the INS knows you as. It is your case number and becomes your identitfier. I figured we'd wait until we got the A-Number and then file the I-131 Advance Parole.
But, my bad, it takes about six months to get your A-Number. Ewa would like the chance to go home and see her family in Poland as soon as possible. After all, it's been since August 2001 that she's been here, unable to leave.
So, we're going to file the I-131 Advance Parole.
