ESTA is an automated system that determines the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Authorization via ESTA does not determine whether a traveler is admissible to the United States.
The most common form of travel document is the passport, a booklet-form identity document issued by national authorities or the governments of certain subnational territories containing an individual's personal information as well as space for the authorities of other jurisdictions to affix stamps, visas, or other ...
Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, is used to apply for the following documents: Reentry Permits, Refugee Travel Documents, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Travel Authorization Documents, Advance Parole Documents, initial Parole Documents for noncitizens ...
131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records. Alert: On Oct. 11, 2024, we published a new edition of Form 131 (06/17/24 edition). The new edition of Form 131 has been renamed “Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records."
The travel document usually arrives within 150 days (sometimes longer) after submitting your application. You can't leave the country until you have your approved travel document in hand, so you should expect to spend the 3–5 months after submitting your green card application in the United States.
You may use this form to apply for a reentry permit, refugee travel document, TPS travel authorization document, advance parole document, or advance permission to travel for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) long-term residents.
Who May File Form I-131? A separate Form I-131 must be filed for each noncitizen seeking a travel document, Parole Document, or Arrival/ Departure Record. Do not file Form I-131 if the noncitizen is seeking release via parole from immigration custody.