Application for Travel Document

[I-131, Application for Travel Document]

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Purpose of Form :

This form is used to apply for a Travel Document, reentry permit, refugee travel document or advance parole.

Department of Homeland Security
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
OMB No. 1615-0013; Expires 11/30/07
I-131, Application for Travel Document

Download I-131 (209KB PDF)
Download I-131 Vietnamese Instructions (162KB PDF)

EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2005 DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-131

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, IOWA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AND REMAINS IN EFFECT – EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2004 DIRECT MAIL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS FILING FORM I-131

If you live in one of these states or territories, please read this notice to determine your filing location:
ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES

The mailing address has changed for certain applicants living in the locations above and filing for certain travel authorization.

This affects aliens who apply for an Advanced Parole Document and who are filing Form I-485 under the following categories:

  • Aliens who are immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen, as defined by section 201(b) of the Act, and are filing based upon an approved, concurrently filed, or pending Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative;
  • Aliens who are widow/widowers of a U.S. citizen, as described by section 201(b) of the Act (I-360 petition or an I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
  • Aliens described by section 203(a) of the Act as the qualifying relative of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident alien, and are filing based on an approved Form I-130;
  • Aliens described by section 203(d) of the Act as the derivative relatives of aliens described by section 203(a) of the Act;
  • Aliens described by section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Act as the fianc?© of a U.S. citizen or the minor child(ren) of such fianc?©, and are filing based on an approved Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fianc?©(e);
  • Aliens eligible for registry under section 249 of the Act;
  • Aliens eligible under the Cuban Adjustment Act of November 2, 1965;
  • Aliens described as special immigrants under sections 101(a)(27)(J), and (K) of the Act (if filing under section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Act, an I-360 petition may be filed concurrently; if filing under section 101(a)(27)(K) of the Act, I-360 petition or I-797 notice for the I-360 must be filed concurrently);
  • Aliens described as Amerasians under section 204(f) of the Act (I-360 petition may be filed concurrently);
  • Aliens who are beneficiaries of an approved Form I-360 as a battered spouse or child;
  • Aliens who are beneficiaries of Private Bills;
  • Aliens who are winners of the Diversity Visa lottery;
  • Aliens from certain former Soviet and Southeast Asian countries who were paroled into the United States as public interest parolees and are eligible to adjust under Public Law 101-167, “the Lautenberg Amendment;”
  • Aliens eligible under section 646 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA);
  • Aliens eligible under section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957; and
  • Aliens eligible for creation of record under 8 CFR section 264.2.

These aliens must submit their Form I-131, and all supporting evidence to the Chicago Lockbox Facility listed below.

The Direct Mail address for the aliens mentioned above, applying for an Advanced Parole Document is:

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Or, for non-United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries (e.g. private couriers):

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: FBASI
427 S. LaSalle – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605-1098