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        CIS’s chatbot, Emma. Submitting doc-  be issued for only 30 days although the  expensive procedure for I-485 adjust-  the I-485 application is still pending af-
        uments in support of the request in the  previously  filed  I-131  application  will  ment applicants to apply for and obtain  ter the initial authorization has expired.
        USCIS online account is also required  continue to process even if the emer-  advance parole. The USCIS ought to  If the applicant travels on the already is-
        prior to contacting the USCIS.    gency parole is granted for 30 days.  automatically issue travel permission  sued advance parole after the new I-131
                                          The applicant must have gone through  when issuing the receipt notice upon fil-  has  been  filed,  the  USCIS  may  need-
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              Emergency Advance Parole
                                          the biometrics procedure. Even if there  ing the I-131 application. The applicant  lessly deny the new advance parole.
            n alternate way to request faster  is  already a  pending I-131 application  has filed an application for lawful per-  Although this blog informs readers
        Aprocessing of advance parole is by  that was previously filed, the requestor  manent residence through Form I-485,  about the advance parole procedures
        requesting an emergency appointment  must submit a completed I-131 appli-  and it is quite unnecessary to require yet  while the I-485 application is pending,
        if there is a pressing need to travel in  cation during the appointment at the  another interim application for advance  this author advocates for the aboli-
        less than 15 days. See https://www.us-  local USCIS office along with support-  parole with absurdly long and uncertain  tion of a separate time consuming and
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        cis.gov/greencard/greencardprocesses/  ing documentation that is listed under  processing times.      unnecessary advance parole  request
        traveldocuments/emergencytravel for  the above mentioned expedited criteria.  Advance parole is generally issued  procedure. USCIS must automatically
        further details. The USCIS includes       Advance Parole is an      for one year although recently some ap-  issue advance parole with the I-485 re-
        the following examples that qualify for   Unnecessary Bureaucratic and Time   plicants receive a 5 year advance parole  ceipt notice.
        emergency parole:                         Consuming Obstacle        along with a 5 year employment autho-  (This blog is for informational purposes
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        • A requestor who has a pressing or crit-  There is really no need to establish  rization.  If  further  travel  is  necessary,   only, and should not be relied upon as a
          ical need to travel to obtain medical  such a complex, time consuming and  the advance parole must be renewed if   substitute for legal advice).
          treatment in a limited amount of time.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
        • A requestor who has a pressing or   Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners
          critical need to travel due to the death   PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is a member of AILA’s Administrative Litigation Task Force; AILA’s EB-5 Committee; former chair of
          or grave illness of a family member or   AILA’s Ethics Committee; special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First
          close friend.                   Department, New York; member of the ABA Commission on Immigration; board member of Volunteers for Legal Services and board member
        • A requestor who timely applied for   of New York Immigration Coalition.  Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former
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          a travel document and requested   chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law of the New York City Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on
          expedited processing, but their case   various immigration-related issues, including on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a
          remains pending, and they now must   course entitled Immigration and Work.  Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice
          travel within 15 days for a pressing   of immigration law and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in
          or critical professional, academic, or   the immigration field. He has also received two AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010 and 2016.  Mr. Mehta is ranked among the most
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          personal commitment.            highly regarded lawyers in North America by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law 2019 and is also ranked in Chambers USA and
            The emergency advance parole will   Chambers Global 2019 in immigration law, among other rankings.


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