Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

INS Advises on Issuance of Advance Parole

4/20/95 AILA Doc. No. 95042880. Adjustment of Status

Operations Instruction 212.5(c) provides guidelines on issuance of advance parole, Form I-512, to applicants for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. With the implementation of section 245(i) and the resultant increase in the number of applications for adjustment, the Service has deemed it to be in the public interest to revise its guidelines regarding issuance of Form I-512 to adjustment applicants. Pending a revision to the Operations Instruction, the following policy will be in effect. The policy applies only to those adjustment applications pending before the Service and does not apply to applicants who are in deportation proceedings.

* An Application for advance parole may be approved for any alien who has properly filed an application for adjustment of status and who is seeking to depart temporarily for any bona fide business or personal reason.

* Form I-512 for adjustment applicants will be issued valid for a period which coincides with the time normally required for completion of an adjustment application not to exceed one year. Advance parole authorizations will be valid for multiple entries.

Complaints from U.S. consular posts concerning the quality and consistency of Form I-512 documents have been increasing. To reduce instances where posts find it necessary to verify the authenticity of Form I-512 documents, issuing offices will take the following immediate actions:

* Pending revision of the Form I-512, each office shall establish a consistent standard for issuing the form. All forms must include a facsimile of the district director's signature in security ink and the use of the Service seal or Burroughs machine overlay on the photograph. Each issuing office shall forward a copy of the form as standardized to the Forensics Document Laboratory (FDL), Attention: Pete Riley, within 30 days from the issuance of this memorandum. Offices shall indicate the date they begin using the sample provided to the FDL.

* Offices which change their standardized advance parole documents (e.g., due to a personnel change or equipment repair problem) must immediately prepare and forward new exemplars to the FDL.