USCIS Begins Issuing Five-Year Advance Parole for Certain Categories

On September 27, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period for certain categories of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to five years.

Now, USICS has begun issuing five-year Advance Parole (AP) for the same categories.

ADVANCE PAROLE CATEGORIES WHICH SHOULD NOW BE VALID FOR FIVE (5) YEARS

1. Initial and renewal APs for noncitizens who were/are:
   • Admitted as refugees;
   • Paroled as refugees;
   • Granted asylum;
   • Citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, or Palau; and
   • Granted withholding of deportation or removal.
2. Initial and renewal APs for noncitizens with:
   • Pending applications for asylum or withholding of deportation or removal;
   • Pending adjustment of status applications;
   • Pending suspension of deportation, cancellation of removal, or relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) applications; and
   • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) long-term residents.

We will continue to monitor the implementation of these changes and notify you of any material changes. In the meantime, please contact any member of the Dentons Immigration Team if you have any questions.