Can I travel outside the U.S. with my student visa while my I-485 is pending?

No, you need an advance parole or you cannot return and the application is abandoned.

If you have an I-485 application pending, then you should not seek to be admitted to the U.S. with an F-1 visa. You could have a problem at the U.S. port of entry. Also, this could be seen as visa fraud.

Once you have an immigrant petition filed such as I-485, you can no longer enter the U.S. with an F-1 visa, as you have now indicated your immigrant intent. That said, as long as you have advance parole authorization you should be fine, but if you do not and leave the U.S. without getting one, your I-485 petition could be deemed to be abandoned. The trip per se will have no negative impact on your green card, as it is very well known that things come up and people need to travel. Again, as long as you apply for advance parole and wait for it to get approved you should be fine.

While your I-485 is pending, if you depart the U.S. without first obtaining an advance parole, you are abandoning the I-485 application. You need to apply for and wait for the advance parole before traveling abroad.

Any travel outside of the U.S. without advance parole authorization will be considered an abandoment of your I-485 application.

I do not recommend that you do. I will file for travel document I-131, and then I travel. If you have a family emergency, you may expedite the application.

You cannot travel on your student visa, instead you should file Form I-131 and obtain a permit to travel.

You should travel using the advance parole.

You should travel outside the United States only if you have a valid passport and an advance parole travel document or a "combo card," which is an employment authorization document (EAD) with the words "also serves as I-512 advance parole." Otherwise, you will abandon your pending I-485. You should not travel with your student visa while your I-485 is pending. Also, if you have accrued more than 180 days of unlawful presence in the United States, you should not leave the United States without first checking with an immigration attorney who can advise you regarding the re-entry bars.

Ensure you do not travel outside the U.S. before you receive an advance parole document. If you did not file an application for an advance parole document (and an employment authorization document), you will need to file these applications with a receipt notice of your pending I-485 and receive an advance parole document before you travel outside the U.S.

No. You need to get AP.

Only with advance parole.

I suggest to apply for an advance parole/travel document with the USCIS so you won&#39t have an issue return back to the U.S.

You should not travel outside the USA while your I-485 is pending unless you received travel permission after you filed the I-485. If you didn&#39t ask for it, you can ask now, but it usually takes more than 90 days to get it. If you leave without the advance parole to travel, your I-485 will be considered abandoned.

Your I-485 should have been filed with your advance parole application. If you leave the U.S. before advance parole is approved, USCIS will consider your I-485 abandoned and will deny it. Therefore, you must wait until your advance parole application is approved and must not travel with your student visa in the meantime.

You need to first apply for and obtain your advance parole.

If you travel while I-485 is pending without a travel permit, you are abandoning your permanent residency (the I-485 case). So no, do not travel until your I-131 is approved for travel.

Wait for advance parole instead. You&#39re a pending immigrant now, and trying to enter with the F visa will be basically impossible.