Parole in place military families can request, prepared for you

It is permission from USCIS to stay in the United States, given to a service member or a relative who entered without inspection. USCIS grants it case by case, one year at a time. It is not a green card, a visa, or an immigration status, and DHS can end it before the year is up.

An active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces, a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or a veteran of either who was not dishonorably discharged, living or deceased. The member and their spouse, widow or widower, parent, son, or daughter can apply. The Individual Ready Reserve is not on the USCIS list.

Not through Keeping Families Together. A federal court vacated that process on November 7, 2024, and USCIS no longer accepts or decides Form I-131F. The military program is separate and USCIS still accepts it. Outside the military program, USCIS grants parole in place only sparingly. USCIS Keeping Families Together page

No. Parole in place is only for people who are in the United States without having been admitted. An entry on a visa is an admission, even if you stayed past your date.

Form I-131 with Item 8.A checked, a copy of the front and back of the service member’s military ID or DD Form 214, proof of your relationship (a marriage certificate, a birth certificate, or DEERS enrollment), proof the service member filed Form I-130 for you (or, if the service member has died, your own Form I-360), two passport-style photos, and evidence of favorable factors. A parent also shows the service member supports the request. A veteran shows they were not dishonorably discharged. USCIS military options page

The filing fee is $0. If USCIS conditionally approves the request, it asks you to pay the Immigration Parole Fee before it grants parole. That fee cannot be waived and USCIS changes it every year. Do not send it with the form.

It can help. A grant of parole counts as being "inspected and paroled," which an adjustment of status application needs. File the green card application after parole is granted, not before. Parole does not erase past time without status, so unless you are an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen (a spouse, an unmarried child under 21, or a parent of a citizen who is 21 or older), that time can still block the green card.

File a new Form I-131 with Item 10.H checked before your current parole ends. Include proof of your current parole and, if you are eligible, proof that the service member filed Form I-130 for you or that you filed Form I-360. The filing fee is $0, unless you also ask for a work permit on the same form, which adds fees. The Immigration Parole Fee is due again if USCIS approves. USCIS decides each request case by case and, when it agrees, gives a year at a time.

No. USCIS takes initial parole in place and military re-parole on paper only. Your Immiva instructions name the Dallas or Phoenix lockbox for your state.

Yes, if you have a criminal conviction, a removal order or an open immigration court case, or you left the United States and came back without inspection. Talk to one before any trip abroad too: since August 13, 2026, leaving on advance parole after a year or more of unlawful presence can bring a 10-year bar. USCIS weighs these against you, and some can block a later green card. Our check asks about convictions, court cases, removal orders, and re-entry without inspection, and points you to an attorney when one applies.

Immiva's preparation fee is $99, paid after you see your completed forms. The USCIS fees are separate.