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Travel to Mexico with Advance Parole and DACA
My husband, who has DACA, applied for advance parole to attend a conference at the request of his employer. I am a citizen and traveled with him.
Applied for Advance Parole November 14, 2016
Received advance parole travel documents March 10, 2017
Flew to Ciudad Juarez 3/28 (flew to Atlanta, then Monterrey, then Ciudad Juarez)
Attended conference and returned to U.S. 3/31 via airports.
At the Ciudad Juarez ticket counter, the Aeromexico employee took a copy of the advance parole travel document and took about 20 minutes to verify its validity with his supervisor. They had not seen this before and said they could be fined for accepting invalid documents. The supervisor apologized for the delay. We received our boarding passes and boarded the flight to Monterrey.
Upon arriving at Monterrey, we were called to our next gate, which was for a Delta flight. The Delta employee took just a few minutes to check the advance parole document and my husband's passport and issued us new Delta boarding passes. My husband's luggage was also screened at the gate.
Upon arriving in Atlanta, we filled out a customs form declaring some food we had, and went through the foreign/visitors immigration line. The officer just a few simple questions: "Are you married? How long were you in Mexico? What was the purpose of your trip? Do you have DACA?" He also electronically scanned all of my husband's fingerprints (4 fingers, then thumb on each hand). He said advance parole is processed at the far end, retained my husband's passport and advance parole document, then had us wait at the end of the lobby. There weren't many others waiting and we only had to wait about 10 minutes to be seen.
The second officer was very nice, requested we hand over the 2nd copy of the advance parole travel document so it could not be used again, and explained that the 'ONE DAY' on the document meant he would be 'paroled' for the duration of a day, then would continue having whatever status he had before leaving the country. He showed that my husband's passport had the same stamp as the one applied to the advance parole document so we had a record of being paroled. He also said 'welcome home,' which was very nice!
We had evidence of attending the conference ready, but they did not request it.
Applied for Advance Parole November 14, 2016
Received advance parole travel documents March 10, 2017
Flew to Ciudad Juarez 3/28 (flew to Atlanta, then Monterrey, then Ciudad Juarez)
Attended conference and returned to U.S. 3/31 via airports.
At the Ciudad Juarez ticket counter, the Aeromexico employee took a copy of the advance parole travel document and took about 20 minutes to verify its validity with his supervisor. They had not seen this before and said they could be fined for accepting invalid documents. The supervisor apologized for the delay. We received our boarding passes and boarded the flight to Monterrey.
Upon arriving at Monterrey, we were called to our next gate, which was for a Delta flight. The Delta employee took just a few minutes to check the advance parole document and my husband's passport and issued us new Delta boarding passes. My husband's luggage was also screened at the gate.
Upon arriving in Atlanta, we filled out a customs form declaring some food we had, and went through the foreign/visitors immigration line. The officer just a few simple questions: "Are you married? How long were you in Mexico? What was the purpose of your trip? Do you have DACA?" He also electronically scanned all of my husband's fingerprints (4 fingers, then thumb on each hand). He said advance parole is processed at the far end, retained my husband's passport and advance parole document, then had us wait at the end of the lobby. There weren't many others waiting and we only had to wait about 10 minutes to be seen.
The second officer was very nice, requested we hand over the 2nd copy of the advance parole travel document so it could not be used again, and explained that the 'ONE DAY' on the document meant he would be 'paroled' for the duration of a day, then would continue having whatever status he had before leaving the country. He showed that my husband's passport had the same stamp as the one applied to the advance parole document so we had a record of being paroled. He also said 'welcome home,' which was very nice!
We had evidence of attending the conference ready, but they did not request it.
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