I am applying for… |
A re-entry permit (Application Type A) and I am: | Form Fee | Biometric Services | Total |
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13 or younger | $360 | $0 | $360 |
14-79 | $360 | $85 | $445 |
80 or older | $360 | $0 | $360 |
A refugee travel document (Application Types B and C) and I am: | | | |
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13 or younger | $105 | $0 | $105 |
14 or 15 | $105 | $85 | $190 |
16-79 | $135 | $85 | $220 |
80 or older | $135 | $0 | $135 |
An advanced parole document (Application Types D, E, and F): | | | |
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Other | $360 | $0 | $360 |
Note: If you are filing Form I-131 Application Type B or D,you filed a Form I-485 on/after July 30, 2007 with a fee, and the Form I-485 is still pending, then no additional fee is due for Form I-131. |
The fee for this form may be waived for humanitarian-based advanced parole. See our Fee Waiver Guidancefor more information. |
To help ensure your application is accepted, please complete the entire form. The form will be rejected if any of these required fields are missing:
- Part 1, Family Name
- o Part 1, Address
- o Part 1, Date of Birth
- o Part 2, Application Type
- o Part 2, Family Name (if filing for an Advance Parole Document for a person outside of the United States, Application Type “F”)
A single employment authorization and Advance Parole card is now available.
Biometric Services Requirement: Refugee Travel Document and Reentry Permit applicants between the ages of 14 and 79 must complete biometrics. After you have filed this application, USCIS will notify you in writing of the time and location of your biometrics appointment. Failure to appear to be fingerprinted or for other biometric services may result in a denial of your application.
Period for Renewal of an Advance Parole Document: If you are applying for renewal of your advance parole document (Form I-512L or I-512), USCIS will accept and adjudicate Form I-131 filed up to 120 days before the date your current Advance Parole document expires.
Temporary Protected Status Applicants: If you are filing Form I-131 together with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, refer to the Federal Register Notice for your particular country’s TPS designation, for the filing location.
If you are filing Form I-131 by itself, based on your pending or approved Form I-821, file your form I-131 with the USCIS Dallas Lockbox facility. See the Form I-131 instructions or Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-131 for more information. You must include a copy of the I-797C Notice of Action showing that your application was accepted or approved.
Widow(er)s of Deceased U.S. Citizens: If you filed a Form I-360 in 2009 and obtained a grant of deferred action based on the fact that you are the widow(er) of a U.S. citizen who died before you had been married at least 2 years, the grant of deferred action makes you eligible to apply for advance parole. To obtain advance parole based on the grant of deferred action, you must file this Form I-131 with the filing fee specified in the Form I-131 instructions.
But a recent change in the law may affect your ability to immigrate and to seek advance parole. Section 568(c) of Public Law 111-83 amended the Immigration and Nationality Act so that you may be eligible to immigrate, even if you and your deceased spouse were married for less than 2 years when your spouse died. This change took effect on October 28, 2009, when the President signed the new law.
Because of this change in the law, USCIS will now treat your “deferred action” Form I-360 as a widow(er)’s visa petition. This change means that, if you are in the United States, you may be able to file an adjustment of status application, Form I-485, even while your Form I-360 is still pending. Instead of filing this Form I-131 based on the grant of deferred action, you may want to consider filing the Form I-131 with your Form I-485. If you file the Form I-131 based on a pending or concurrently filed Form I-485, you do not need to pay the separate Form I-131 filing fee that you would need to pay if you file the Form I-131 based on the grant of deferred action.
Your eligibility to immigrate as the widow(er) of a U.S. citizen ends if you remarry before you acquire permanent resident status.
