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(4) USCIS or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deferred action in your case as a childhood

arrival based on the guidelines described in the Secretary of Homeland Security’s memorandum issued on

June 15, 2012 (“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA)). USCIS may, in its discretion, grant

advance parole if you are traveling outside the United States for educational purposes, employment purposes,

or humanitarian purposes.

(a) Educational purposes include, but are not limited to, semester abroad programs or academic research;

(b) Employment purposes include, but are not limited to, overseas assignments, interviews, conferences,

training, or meetings with clients; and

services for a family member, or visit an ailing relative.

NOTE: Travel for vacation is not a valid purpose. You must NOT file Form I-131 with your deferred action

request or your package will be rejected and returned to you.

(5) USCIS has granted you IMMACT 90 or LIFE Act Family Unity Program benefits, AND you seek to travel

abroad temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or in furtherance of a significant public benefit, which

may include a personal or family emergency or bona fide business reasons.

(6) You have a pending application for temporary resident status pursuant to INA section 245A, and you seek

to travel abroad temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or in furtherance of a significant public benefit,

which may include a personal or family emergency or bona fide business reasons.

(7) You have been granted V nonimmigrant status in the United States, AND you seek to travel abroad

temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or in furtherance of a significant public benefit, which may

include a personal or family emergency or bona fide business reasons.

b. Travel Warning

Before you apply for an Advance Parole Document, read the following travel warning carefully.

For any kind of Advance Parole Document provided to you while you are in the United States:

(1) Leaving the United States, even with an Advance Parole Document, may impact your ability to return to the

United States.

(2) If you use an Advance Parole Document to leave and return to a port-of-entry in the United States, you will,

upon your return, be an “applicant for admission.”

(3) As an applicant for admission, you will be subject to inspection at a port-of-entry, and you may not be

admitted if you are found to be inadmissible under any applicable provision of INA section 212(a) or 235 or

any other provision of U.S. law regarding denial of admission to the United States. If DHS determines that

you are inadmissible, you may be subject to expedited removal proceedings or to removal proceedings before

an immigration judge, as authorized by law and regulations.

(4) As noted above, issuance of an Advance Parole Document does NOT entitle you to parole and does not

guarantee that DHS will parole you into the United States upon your return.

(5) As noted above, DHS will make a separate discretionary decision whether to parole you each time you use an

Advance Parole Document to return to the United States.

(6) If, upon your return, you are paroled into the United States, you will remain an applicant for admission.

(7) As noted above, DHS may revoke or terminate your Advance Parole Document at any time, including while

you are outside the United States. Even if you have already been paroled, upon your return to the United

States, DHS may also revoke or terminate your parole in accordance with 8 CFR 212.5.

If you are outside the United States, revocation or termination of your Advance Parole Document may

preclude you from returning to the United States unless you have a valid visa or other document that permits

you to travel to the United States and seek admission.

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