There is a paragraph in the I-131 instruction:
NOTE: If you are in the United States and wish to travel abroad, you do not need to apply for advance parole if both conditions described below in numbers 1 and 2 are met:
1. You are in one of the following nonimmigrant categories:
a. An H-1, temporary worker, or H-4, spouse or child of an H-1; or
b. An L-1, intracompany transferee, or L-2, spouse or child of an L-1; or
c. A K-3, spouse, or K-4, child of a U.S. citizen; or
d. A V-2, spouse, or V-3, child of a lawful permanent resident; and
2.A Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was filed on your behalf and is pending with the USCIS.
However, upon returning to the United States, you must present your valid H, L, K or V nonimmigrant visa and continue to remain eligible for that status.
Do this mean if you are H1 holder, I-485 pending, and you do not want to apply AP, you must get visa stamp first from US Embassy to get back to US?
How about f-1, I-485 pending? can only use AP to get back?