PAROLE-IN-PLACE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES (PIP)

PIP is available to certain undocumented family members of U.S. military personnel (active or veterans).

You might not be qualified for several immigration advantages if you are present in the country without an immigration officer’s permission. If your plea for conditional parole is granted, you:

• Avoid incurring any unlawful presence throughout the time frame given.
• Is eligible to apply for a work visa for the predetermined time.
• Possibility of applying for an immigration benefit that calls for a green card if eligible.

Legal entrance, including a Green Card, is available if you are qualified. Note that release on parole alone does not result in immigration status or another benefit of immigration.

To apply for travel, you must submit Form I-131. Document and deliver it (fee-free) to the USCIS office in your area. Additionally, you must offer copies of any records that demonstrate you qualify for parole currently in effect (do not submit originals). This contains documentation of the tie with the family and evidence that your relative served in the U.S. military on active duty or has since left troops or the Ready Reserve’s Selected Reserve.

When it would be in the public interest or would be urgently necessary for humanitarian reasons, parole in place is given.

To receive some immigration benefits, such as a Green Card, parole is regarded as legal immigration status.

However, parole does not excuse any instances of an unauthorized presence outside the parole period.

Your eligibility for parole may be considered if you are the spouse, widow, parent, son or daughter of:

• Member of Armed forces
• From the Ready Reserve

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