Advance Parole Document - An advance parole document is issued solely to authorize the temporary parole of a person into the United States. The document may be accepted by a transportation company in lieu of a visa as an authorization for the holder to travel to the United States.
An advance parole document is not issued to serve in place of any required passport.
Advance parole is an extraordinary measure used sparingly to bring an otherwise inadmissible alien to the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency. Advance parole cannot be used to circumvent the normal visa issuing procedures and is not a means to bypass delays in visa issuance.
NOTE: If you are in the United States and wish to travel abroad, you do not need to apply for advance parole if both conditions described below in numbers 1 and 2 are met:
1. You are in one of the following nonimmigrant categories:
a. An H-1, temporary worker, or H-4, spouse or child of
an H-1; or
b. An L-1, intracompany transferee, or L-2, spouse or
child of an L-1; or
c. A K-3, spouse, or K-4, child, of a U.S. citizen; or
d. A V-2, spouse, or V-3, child, of a lawful permanent
resident; and
2. A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent
Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and
is pending with the CIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must
present your valid H, L, K or V nonimmigrant visa and
continue to remain eligible for that status.
