Posso acelerar minha autorização para viajar?
Santos Lloyd Law Team • November 22, 2023
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Muitos de nossos clientes perguntam se podem agilizar o processamento de sua autorização para viajar ao exterior. Eles desejam visitar suas famílias, sair de férias ou cuidar de assuntos pessoais. Quando alguém solicita um ajuste ou mudança de status nos Estados Unidos, a pessoa só pode deixar o país depois que o caso for julgado, correndo o risco de ser negada a entrada nos Estados Unidos e desistindo da aplicação pendente.
Você sempre pode deixar o país para viajar ao exterior se precisar. No entanto, o problema está em voltar aos Estados Unidos e nas consequências para sua aplicação pendente.
O termo técnico para "autorização para viajar" é "advance parole" (permissão antecipada). O "advance parole" é um documento de viagem que permite a estrangeiros retornarem aos EUA após viajar para o exterior. Esses estrangeiros geralmente têm aplicações pendentes para benefícios de imigração ou mudanças no status de não cidadão. O "advance parole" é obtido preenchendo um pedido I-131 antes de deixar os EUA. Caso não o faça, provavelmente resultará na negação de entrada no país e na perda de qualquer aplicação pendente - duas coisas ruins.
O que você está realmente perguntando é se pode furar a fila. Porque conceder um pedido acelerado significa que a USCIS julgará seu benefício antes de outros que foram protocolados anteriormente, eles avaliam cuidadosamente a urgência e o mérito de cada pedido acelerado. Portanto, é melhor ter uma razão sólida para furar a fila.
A USCIS é muito cuidadosa ao conceder esses pedidos e geralmente eles são recusados. Você deve estar ciente de que, quando solicita um ajuste ou mudança de status dentro dos Estados Unidos, ficará no país por um bom tempo. Essa é a regra.
Com isso em mente, o a USCIS pode considerar um pedido acelerado se você puder argumentar e provar o seguinte:
- Perda financeira grave para uma empresa ou pessoa Uma empresa pode demonstrar que sofreria uma perda financeira grave se estiver em risco de falir, perder um contrato crítico ou ter que demitir outros funcionários. Suponha que, se você puder provar com evidências claras e convincentes que seu departamento inteiro será demitido se você não comparecer a uma reunião de negócios no Brasil, isso pode ser considerado. Em um nível mais pessoal, a perda de emprego pode ser suficiente para estabelecer uma perda financeira grave para uma pessoa, dependendo das circunstâncias individuais. Seguindo a linha de raciocínio da situação acima, se a impossibilidade de viajar a trabalho resultaria na perda de seu emprego, isso poderia justificar um tratamento acelerado. Eu disse que poderia justificar. Lembre-se de que você deve respaldar todos os seus argumentos com documentos legítimos. Portanto, simplesmente dizer a USCIS que sua empresa vai demiti-lo se você não comparecer a uma reunião não funcionará. Você precisará de documentação de seu empregador para apoiar seu argumento, que explique claramente que seu emprego está em risco.
- Emergências e razões humanitárias urgentes Razões humanitárias estão relacionadas ao bem-estar humano. A definição de emergência pode variar de pessoa para pessoa. Exemplos clássicos de "uma emergência real" são doenças graves, deficiências ou uma necessidade crítica de viajar para obter tratamento médico no exterior em um prazo limitado. Novamente, deve ser algo grave. Seu desejo de viajar para visitar sua família ou fazer uma tão necessária e "urgente" viagem de férias não atende à definição de emergência.
Se você precisar viajar para o exterior enquanto o seu I-131 devidamente protocolado estiver pendente e estiver em risco de perda financeira grave ou tiver uma emergência, sinta-se à vontade para entrar em contato conosco e ficaremos de felizes em te ajudar.
Este blog não se destina a fornecer aconselhamento jurídico e nada aqui deve ser interpretado como estabelecimento de um relacionamento advogado-cliente. Por favor, agende uma consulta com um advogado de imigração antes de agir com base em qualquer informação lida aqui.
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