Filing the Advance Parole Application – Travel Document

Application filing instructions

The mailing location of Form I-131 and accompanying documents depends on several factors:

Abused Spouses, Children, or Parents

If you are filing a Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status as an abused spouse, child, or parent, and you are filing form I-131 together with form I-485, or filing form I-131 based on a pending Form I-485, send your form to:

Applicants with Pending Form I-485

If you are filing Form I-131 together with your Form I-485, follow the instructions for filing a Form I-485.

If you are filing or your Form I-131 alone, your form I-485 receipt notice begins with MSC, does not have three letters at the beginning, and you live in the following states or territories:

Alaska, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin, send your form to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

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If you are filing or your Form I-131 alone, your form I-485 receipt notice begins with MSC, does not have three letters at the beginning, and you live in the following states or territories:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, or Wyoming, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

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If you are filing Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice begins with EAC or SRC, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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If you are filing Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice begins with LIN or WAC, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

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Haitian Family Members

If you are the dependent spouse or child of someone who received a Green Card under the HRIFA, or someone who is applying under HRIFA and has a pending Form I-485, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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If you are filing under the HFRP Program, and you are currently in removal proceedings or were previously removed from the United States, or are filing an initial HFRP application and you need to file for all eligible relatives associated with Form I-130 so they can be processed together, send your form to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

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If you are filing for an advanced parole travel document to return to the U.S. after temporary foreign travel, you were authorized parole under HFRP, and you live in:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, or the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

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If you are filing for an advanced parole travel document to return to the U.S. after temporary foreign travel, you were authorized parole under HFRP, and you live in:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, or West Virginia, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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Cuban Family Members

If you are filing under the CFRP Program, and you need to file for all eligible relatives associated with the same approved Form I-130 so they can be processed together, or are filing under CFRP and are currently in removal proceedings or have been previously removed from the U.S., or are only eligible to apply if you have received an invitation to do so, send your form to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

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CNMI Long-Term Residents

If you are a Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands long-term resident seeking advance permission to travel, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

If you are a DACA recipient requesting advanced parole based on your grant of DACA, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

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Relatives of a Filipino War Veteran

If you are filing an initial application under FWVP and you need to file for all eligible relatives associated with the same I-130 so they can be processed together, or are filing under FWVP and are currently in removal proceedings, or were previously removed from the U.S., send your form to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

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Humanitarian Parole Applicants

If you are outside the U.S. and requesting humanitarian advanced parole, inside the U.S. with parole authorized from outside the U.S. previously by USCIS and requesting re-parole, or filing for humanitarian parole and are currently in removal proceedings or have previously been removed or deported from the U.S., send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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T and U Visa Holders

If you have a T nonimmigrant visa and you are filing Form I-131 based on an approved I-914, or are a T or U nonimmigrant visa holder and you filing a Form I-131 together with a Form I-485, or based on a pending I-485, send your form to:

Refugee Travel Document Applicants

If you live in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, or the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

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If you live in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, or West Virginia, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Applicants

If you are filing a Form I-131 based on a pending or approved Form I-821, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

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Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Applicants

If you are filing Form I-131 by itself, or with Form I-765, send your form to:

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

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Parole in Place (Inside the U.S.) for Military Service Members and Their Family

If you are inside the U.S. and applying for parole in place and are an active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces, or a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, send your form to the USCIS field office with jurisdiction over where you live. You can also submit your application in-person at your local USCIS field office.

If you are inside the U.S. and applying for parole in place as a spouse, widow(er), parent, or child of an active-duty member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or an individual (living or deceased) who previously served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, and was not dishonorably discharged, send your form to the USCIS field office with jurisdiction over where you live. You can also submit your application in-person at your local USCIS field office.

Advance Parole Document for current and former service members and their family outside of the U.S.

If you are a current or former servicemember who is applying for an Advanced Parole Document, and you either are or are not filing your Form I-131 at the same time as a Form N-400, send your form to:

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If you are a spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of a current or former U.S. servicemember and are residing outside the U.S., or a legal guardian, surrogated (or equivalent) of a current or former noncitizen military member, are residing outside the U.S., and you are seeking an Advance Parole Document at the same time the current or former noncitizen military member is filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, or while the current or former noncitizen military member has a Form N-400 pending, send your form to:

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All Other Applicants (Including Re-Entry Permit Applicants)

If you live in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, or the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, send your form to:

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

If you live in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, send your form to:

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: NFB
P.O. Box 660867
Dallas, TX 75266-0867

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: NFB (Box 660867)
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003

E-Notifications

If you would like to receive an email or text message that the USCIS Lockbox Facility has accepted your I-131, complete Form G-1145, and attach it to the first page of your application.