Need to travel to Iceland but still waiting for AP

[bmson]

Hi,

I have a question about Advance Parole Travel Document.
I live in San Francisco, California, as a Icelandic citizen and came here on J1 visa.

I met my wife here in the state and she is a US born citizen.
We got married and sent our paperwork to USCIS November 4th and got the I-797 Notice of Action on November 21st.

The issue is that I need to travel to Iceland on December 17th till January 4th with my wife to meet extended family.
We are beginning to panic since I haven't event got my biometrics appointment notice yet.

The receipt for the I-485 is the only one that wait that USCIS will schedule a biometric appointment for met.
It doesn't say that on the I-131 receipt. Is it possible that I would not need biometric appointment for my AP since I had J1 and went through that process in the US Embassy in Iceland when I came here originally?

I did also make InfoPass appointment on December 9th. to try to ask for a expedited travel document.

Is it reasonable for me to think that I'll be able to get the travel document?
- I'm married to a US Citizen
- I've my I-797 Notice
- We bought the plane tickets 3 months ago (costs $2000)
- The travel time is less than 3 weeks and over the Christmas Holliday
- Iceland is part of the visa wavier program.

If I'm not able to get the travel document.
Would there be anything I can do or say so I can go to Iceland over the holidays?

[immihelp]

You should not travel outside of the U.S. until you get the advance parole.

Many other reasons that you mentioned don't matter (such as Iceland is part of VWP.)

[axou19]

bro i think u should not leave the us without already having ur paper that is the rule...if not you will encounter trouble when trying to get back here with the immigration..