Hi,
My daughter is planning to apply for BS/MD program. She is currently Junior in NY state school. We may or may not have the GC in our hand. Assuming that we do not get the GC in our hands before the college application deadlines (Mostly around Oct 2018 to Dec 2018) for 2019 batch. How do we handle this for the college applications ?
Most or all of the BS/MD programs are seeking for only citizens or GC holders.
Any suggestions or experiences, Please help. Thanks in advance.
If you don’t have the GC (and these things never work on a predictable timeline) then you cannot apply. You option is to apply the normal route as this allows for way more time until med school applications are needed or wait it out. HAve you checked the processing time for your application recently? Does it actually state pending?
Yes, We may likely to receive the GC in hands around Nov to Dec 2018 as per the USCIS website. But as you rightly mentioned plus or minus 3 months very normal.We are also having Advance Parole. We just wanted to plan accordingly. Somewhere i read bcz of the Adjustment of Status (AOS) application is accepted, that should be treated like a GC holder for college admission purposes. Also, this can be considered a Parolee. If any college is not willing to consider, we can contact the department of justice to complaint about it.
Lof of confusions. So, i am not sure, whether it is right or not ?
So, if some one is having any experience like this, that will really help us and also any one else like us.
Advance Parole is a specific situation. I think that should discuss this with the colleges and universities where your daughter is applying. For some things, Advance Parole is treated the same as Green Card status.
@MYOS1634 and @kelsmom might have useful information for you.
Wishing you all the best!
I only know of advance parole as a travel status.I have no idea why that would mean anything in this context.
Oh my! I am operating on really old data! When I wasn’t looking, Advance Parole went from being a term people tossed around to mean “refugee/asylee waiting for a green card” to being a specific travel document that looks to cover what used to be termed a Reentry Permit.
If what the OP meant by advance parole is “we are refugees/asylees just waiting on paperwork” then the green card is basically guaranteed provided everyone stays out of trouble, and that would be something to discuss with the colleges and universities. Asylees/refugees can file the FAFSA. If the OP means that they have advance parole because they are H1/H4 or something else and are waiting for the green card, then that is a bit different, but it still would be worth discussing with the colleges and universities.
In any case, since the student is targeting direct admission BS/MD programs, the student should consider all options including taking a gap year if the green card doesn’t arrive in time for college applications.
If the OP is under the impression that there is some special assessment of this, then she should be talking with the school in question, As BS/MD is so very selective and OP’s kid is so unlikely to gain admission even in the best of circumstances, I cannot see it as being anything but a disadvantage to apply when she doesn’t fulfil basic criteria. I would assume any BS/MD applicant is already a tippy top student and has a solid plan b and c in place.
You need to ask every program.