Puis-je accélérer mon autorisation de voyage ?
Santos Lloyd Law Team • October 13, 2023
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Nombre de nos clients nous demandent s'ils peuvent accélérer le traitement de leur autorisation de voyager à l'étranger. Ils veulent rendre visite à leur famille, partir en vacances ou s'occuper de leurs affaires personnelles. Lorsqu'une personne demande un ajustement ou un changement de statut aux États-Unis, elle ne peut quitter le pays qu'une fois son dossier traité, au risque de se voir refuser l'entrée aux États-Unis et d'abandonner la demande en cours.
Vous pouvez toujours quitter le pays pour voyager à l'étranger si vous en avez besoin. Cependant, le problème est de revenir aux États-Unis et les conséquences sur votre demande en cours.
Le terme technique pour "autorisation de voyager" est "liberté conditionnelle anticipée" (advance parole en anglais). Il s'agit d'un document de voyage permettant aux ressortissants étrangers de rentrer aux États-Unis après un voyage à l'étranger. Ces ressortissants étrangers ont généralement des demandes en cours pour des prestations d'immigration ou des changements de statut de non-citoyen. La libération conditionnelle anticipée s'obtient en remplissant une demande I-131 avant de quitter les États-Unis. Si vous ne le faites pas, vous risquez de vous voir refuser l'entrée dans le pays et de perdre toute demande en cours, ce qui n'est pas une bonne chose.
Ce que vous demandez en fin de compte, c'est de ne pas faire la queue. Étant donné que l'octroi d'une demande accélérée signifie que l'USCIS statuera sur votre demande avant les autres personnes qui ont déposé leur demande plus tôt, ils évaluent soigneusement l'urgence et le bien-fondé de chaque demande accélérée. Vous avez donc intérêt à avoir une bonne raison de ne pas faire la queue.
L'USCIS est très prudent lorsqu'il s'agit d'accéder à ces demandes, et celles-ci sont généralement rejetées. Vous devez savoir que lorsque vous demandez un ajustement ou un changement de statut à l'intérieur des États-Unis, vous serez bloqué dans le pays pour un avenir proche. C'est la règle.
Dans cette optique, l'USCIS peut envisager une demande accélérée si vous pouvez faire valoir et prouver les éléments suivants:
- Perte financière grave pour une entreprise ou une personne.
Une entreprise peut démontrer qu'elle subirait une perte financière grave si elle risque de faire faillite, de perdre un contrat important ou de devoir licencier d'autres employés. Supposons que vous puissiez prouver de manière claire et convaincante que tout votre service sera licencié si vous ne vous présentez pas à une réunion d'affaires au Brésil. D'un point de vue plus personnel, la perte d'un emploi peut suffire à établir une perte financière grave pour une personne, en fonction des circonstances individuelles. Dans le même ordre d'idées que la situation décrite ci-dessus, si l'incapacité de voyager pour le travail vous fait perdre votre emploi, cela peut justifier un traitement accéléré. J'ai bien dit "pourrait le justifier". N'oubliez pas que vous devez étayer tous vos arguments par des documents légitimes. Ainsi, il ne suffit pas de dire à l'USCIS que votre entreprise vous licenciera si vous n'assistez pas à une réunion. Vous aurez besoin d'un document de votre employeur pour étayer votre argument, qui explique clairement que votre emploi est menacé. - Urgences et raisons humanitaires urgentes
Les raisons humanitaires sont celles qui sont liées au bien-être humain. La définition de l'urgence peut varier d'une personne à l'autre. Les exemples classiques d'une "véritable urgence" sont une maladie grave, un handicap ou un besoin impérieux de voyager pour obtenir un traitement médical à l'étranger dans un laps de temps limité. Là encore, il doit s'agir d'une situation grave. Votre désir de voyager pour rendre visite à votre famille ou pour prendre des vacances nécessaires et "urgentes" ne répond pas à la définition d'une urgence.
Si vous devez voyager à l'étranger pendant que votre dossier I-131 dûment rempli est en cours, et que vous risquez de subir de graves pertes financières ou que vous avez une urgence, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter, et nous serons heureux de vous aider.
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