Travel outside USA with pending AOS

[docamit23]

Hello,
I have an interview date for my AOS i-485 greencard application coming up in a month. I am currently on H1B status with a valid visa stamp. I was hoping to travel outside USA on my H1B visa. What happens in the scenario that my greencard gets approved while I am outside the USA. My status in that case would change. How do I renter the USA then? I wouldnt have an actual copy of the greencard since it would have been mailed to my US address, and I suppose the H1B status ends with the issuance of the greencard?

[Enub4]

What I would do: go to interview, if everything goes well you will be approved on the spot, talk about the need to travel and they will give you information about how to get a stamp on your passport so you can travel and return. I-551 stamp:

[JunkMart]

I'm not sure if this applies to AOS from H1B, but typically if you leave the US without AP while AOS is pending, you are abandoning your AOS application. Whether or not you will be allowed back in the US on your H1B is another story.

[newacct]

I'm not sure if this applies to AOS from H1B, but typically if you leave the US without AP while AOS is pending, you are abandoning your AOS application. Whether or not you will be allowed back in the US on your H1B is another story.

Someone in H1b/H4/L1/L2/K3/K4/V status right before they left and who returns on the same type of visa does not abandon AOS.

[Spaniard88]

Someone in H1b/H4/L1/L2/K3/K4/V status right before they left and who returns on the same type of visa does not abandon AOS.

However if you leave the US before your I-131 is approved your Advance Parole I-131 will be denied

[Enub4]

And I think the original question still stand, what happen if you go to your interview for GC, then travel abroad with H1b visa, then the GC is mailed to your US address and you then travel back to the USA, can you enter with H1b?

[nycfiler3]

However if you leave the US before your I-131 is approved your Advance Parole I-131 will be denied

As long as you travel on your visa, it won't do anything to your AoS.

[vekram]

If you travel outside US while I-485 is pending adjudication and you do not have a valid VISA and you do not have an Approved Advance Parole before you leave US then - your I-485 application WILL BE denied.
If you do have the VISA, you can travel outside and come back and you dont need Advance Parole in which case 485 will have no impact.

If you attend interview and everything goes well, you will be approved on the spot and your Legal Status in the USCIS system should change to an Immigrant Status and H1B (non-immigrant status) will not be a valid document to seek entry. You should make entry on your GC. And, if you leave US without having a Green Card, I am not sure what will you show to the CBP officer at the Port of entry.

Again, this is my personal opinion and I dont know official and legal response. So talk to your attorney.