Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
Use the chart below to determine where you must file your Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, if you are not filing online via myUSCIS.gov.
If you do not submit your application to the appropriate direct filing address, it may take longer for us to process your case.
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Filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status as an abused spouse, child, or parent, and you are:
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Filing your Form I-131 together with your Form I-485. | Same address that you are filing your Form I-485. Go to our Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status page for the current information on where to file both forms. |
Filing your Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice (Form I-797C, Notice of Action) begins with:
| Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
Filing your Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice (Form I-797C, Notice of Action) begins with:
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Filing your Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice (Form I-797C, Notice of Action) begins with:
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The dependent spouse or child of:
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Requesting re-parole (an extension of your parole) under the Haitian Family Reunification Parole process. | Refer to the “Humanitarian Parole Applicants” section below. |
Filing for an advance parole travel document to allow you to return to the United States after temporary foreign travel, you were authorized parole under the HFRP Process. | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
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Filing under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) process for an add-on derivative beneficiary of a principal beneficiary who is pending an interview in Cuba. Write “CFRP ADD-ON” at the top of the Form I-131. You cannot file online if you are filing for a CFRP add-on derivative beneficiary. You must file a paper version of Form I-131. | USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: |
Requesting re-parole (an extension of your parole) under the CFRP process. | Refer to the “Humanitarian Parole Applicants” section below. |
Filing for an advance parole travel document to allow you to return to the United States after temporary foreign travel, and you were authorized parole under the CFRP process. | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
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A Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) long-term resident seeking advance permission to travel. | USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
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A current DACA recipient requesting advance parole based on your grant of DACA (including if you are a current DACA recipient with a pending Form I-821D requesting DACA renewal) | USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
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If you are requesting re-parole (an extension of your parole) under the FWVP Program. | Refer to the Humanitarian Parole Applicants section below. |
Filing for an advance parole travel document to allow you to return to the United States after temporary foreign travel, and you were authorized parole under the FWVP Program. | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
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An Afghan national inside the United States applying for Re-Parole under Operation Allies Welcome (OAW):
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A Ukrainian citizen or their immediate family member paroled into the United States on or after Feb. 11, 2022:
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Applying for an Advance Parole Document for Dependent Spouse/Child of an Entrepreneur Parolee or Applicant for Entrepreneur | See International Entrepreneur Parole page |
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T nonimmigrant and you are filing Form I-131 based on an approved Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status. | USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
T nonimmigrant and you are filing Form I-131:
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U nonimmigrant and you are filing Form I-131 together with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. | USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
U nonimmigrant and you are filing Form I-131 based on a pending Form I-485. | USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
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| Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
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Filing Form I-131 together with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status | The address listed on the TPS page for your country |
Filing Form I-131 to request a TPS Travel Authorization Document based on an approved Form I-821, or to request an Advance Parole Document based on a pending Form I-821
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Inside the United States and applying for parole in place and you are an active duty member of the U.S. armed forces, or a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve. | The USCIS field office that has jurisdiction over where you live. If you are currently on assignment away from your permanent residence, you may file your Form I-131 at either the office with jurisdiction over where you currently live or over your permanent residence. You may also submit your application in person at your local USCIS field office. |
Inside the United States and applying for parole in place as the spouse, widow(er), parent, son, or daughter, of an active duty member of the U.S. armed forces, a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or an individual (whether still living or deceased) who previously served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and was not dishonorably discharged. In the case of a parent of a service member, the service member must support the parent’s request for parole in place. | The USCIS field office that has jurisdiction over where you live. If you are currently away from your permanent residence due to the service member being away on assignment, you may file your Form I-131 at either the office with jurisdiction over where you currently live or your permanent residence. You may also submit your application in person at your local USCIS field office. |
We generally send parole requests filed by individuals currently in removal proceedings or previously removed from the United States to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for review.
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Applying for an advance parole document as a current or former U.S. service member to request parole under the Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI), are residing outside the United States, and are filing your Form I-131 either as a standalone form or at the same time as Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. | Write “IMMVI” at the top of Form I-131 (check option 1e or 1f) and Form N-400 (if applicable). U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Applying for an advance parole document as a current legal guardian or surrogate of a current or former service member to request parole under the IMMVI and you file Form I-131 concurrently with the service member’s Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. | Write “IMMVI” at the top of both the service member’s and your forms (Form I-131 for you and Forms I-131 and N-400 for the service member). Also check option 1e or 1f on Form I-131. U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Applying for an advance parole document to request parole under the IMMVI as a current spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter (and the unmarried son’s or daughter’s unmarried children who are under 21 years of age), of a current or former service member. Family members should file together. | Write “IMMVI” at the top Form I-131. Also check option 1e or 1f on Form I-131. U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY: 800-767-1833) for assistance.
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E-Notification: If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that we have accepted your form at a USCIS lockbox, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance and clip it to the first page of your form.