An asylee—that is, a person granted asylum—is protected from being returned to their home country, is authorized to work in the United States, may apply for a Social Security number, may request permission to travel overseas, and can petition to bring family members to the United States.
Planning Your Trip. 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.
If the passenger holds any other non-national or refugee travel document they need a visa to enter the UK. Whether holders of non-national and refugee travel documents require a direct airside transit visa (DATV) depends on their original nationality, and whether they qualify for one of the exemptions listed above.
Traveling outside U.S. - Documents needed for Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)/Green Card holders. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) of the United States must present a Permanent Resident Card ("Green Card", Form I-551) or a Reentry Permit.
USCIS will determine whether to issue you a 1 year or 2 year combined EAD and AP document. Determination is made based on expected processing time of your pending I‐485 Adjustment of Status.
When USCIS adjudicates these together, they typically provide an I-797 Approval Notice for each Application. However, instead of providing two documents or approvals–one EAD and one Travel Document–they instead provide one document, a plastic card known as an I-512 Combo Card.
If your OPT has been approved, and you have your EAD card, you can travel internationally. You can re-enter the U.S. in F-1 status before the start date or after the start date of your EAD card. Proof of Employment During OPT: Job Offer Letter.
When USCIS approves the request for the AP and/or the EAD, USCIS will mail the AP and/or EAD to the applicant via first-class U.S. mail. (The EAD is a hard plastic card, much like most state driver licenses.) Processing times at USCIS vary, but most APs and EADs are produced in 60-90 days.
Are travel documents valid for travel to the United States? If the travel document states your nationality, if any and is valid for travel to the United States and return to the country of issuance, you may present it in support of a visa application.