Advance parole travel and the 3- and 10-year unlawful presence bars
Important August 2026 Update Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026), was published by the Board of Immigration Appeals on August 13, 2026. This decision overrules Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly. The BIA said a trip taken with advance parole counts as a “departure” under INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II), the 10-year unlawful-presence rule. USCIS has […]