I-131 Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
One form covering four different things: a reentry permit for a permanent resident leaving for a long trip, a refugee travel document for refugees and asylees, advance parole so someone with a pending case can travel without abandoning it, and a request for parole into the United States. Which fee and which rules apply depends entirely on which box is checked in Part 1.
- Fee
- Reentry permit $630 paper. Refugee travel document: $0 if you hold refugee status; $135 (under 16) or $165 (16 and over) for asylees and asylee-based residents. TPS travel authorization, advance parole, and re-parole: $630 paper / $580 online. $0 for T and U nonimmigrants, Special Immigrant Juveniles, VAWA self-petitioners, current and former U.S. armed forces service members, military parole in place, and Ms. L. class members. Approved parole also triggers the non-waivable Public Law 119-21 Immigration Parole Fee, collected by CBP at the port of entry or by USCIS.
- Fee waiver
- partial
- Who files
- Permanent residents, refugees and asylees, applicants with pending I-485, I-589, I-821 or DACA cases, and people requesting parole for themselves or someone else.
- Where to file
- Online through a USCIS account for many categories, or by mail to the lockbox named for the specific request type.
- Processing time
- 6.0 months for advance parole, 14.9 months for travel documents, 12.5 months for parole in place (FY 2026 national medians through June 30, 2026)
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- As of February 5, 2026, the Public Law 119-21 Immigration Parole Fee does not apply to Ms. L. v. ICE settlement class members and their qualifying additional family members, following a court order. Travelling on advance parole while a case is pending is riskier than it used to be: CBP has broad discretion to refuse parole at the port of entry.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-131. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.