Bideshiji, Depending on your circumstances I would strongly advise against using advanced parole. The perils of using it are plenty and probably substantial if the adjustment of status or some other legalization application you have pending are suddenly denied; you may not be eligible for some relief which would be then available to you if you hadn't used it. Another words, using advanced parole forfeits your rights and in pure technical legal terms gives you the same right as an alien who is put into exclusion proceedings for trying to get in through a checkpoint at JFK airport in NY without proper documentation; the alien's rights in this case would be close to nil. I am not trying to scare you here, but you had better done some serious thinking before using it otherwise you are in for some legal battle if something does go wrong with your pending application. I would play it risk-averse in your case and get your passport stamped with H1. Cheers, -JavaBeans [Note: I am not an attorney; please use your due diligence when reading mine or any other poster's advice in this or any other forum]