Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
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Use the chart below to determine where you must file your Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records, if you are not filing online via myUSCIS.gov.
| If you are requesting… | Send your form to… | |
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| Part 1, Item 1 | I am a lawful permanent resident or conditional permanent resident of the United States | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| If you are requesting… | Send your form to… | |
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| Part 1, Item 2 | I now hold refugee or asylee status in the United States | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 3 | I am a lawful permanent resident as a direct result of refugee or asylee status, and will appear for any required biometric services appointment before I leave the United States | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 3 | I am a lawful permanent resident as a direct result of refugee or asylee status, and have been outside the United States for less than 1 year at the time of filing. Note: Although we have discretion to accept your Form I-131 if you file it after you have left the United States, we will not automatically accept or approve your application. | U.S. Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, DHL, and UPS deliveries: USCIS Refugee and International Operations |
| I am a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiary in the United States, seeking admission under TPS when I return from outside the United States and I am: | ||
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| Part 1, Item 4 | Filing Form I-131 together with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status | The address listed on the TPS page for your country |
| Part 1, Item 4 | Filing Form I-131 to request a TPS Travel Authorization Document based on an approved Form I-821, or to request an Advance Parole Document based on a pending Form I-821. You must include a copy of the receipt notice (Form I-797C) showing we accepted or approved your Form I-821. | USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| I am located inside the United States, and my request is based on: | ||
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| Part 1, Item 5.A. | A pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and I am: | |
| Abused Spouses, Children or Parents | ||
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 together with or based on a pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status , as an abused spouse, child, or parent: | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| T or U Nonimmigrants | ||
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 together with, or based on a pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, that is based on an approved Form I-914, Supplement A, Application for Family Member of T-1 Recipient | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center: U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 together with Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, that is based on an approved Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, or Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 based on a pending Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, that is based on an approved Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, or Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center: U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| All Other Adjustment of Status Applicants | ||
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 together with your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. | Same address that you are filing your Form I-485. Go to our Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status page for the current information on where to file both forms. |
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice (Form I-797C, Notice of Action) begins with:
| Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.A. | Adjustment of Status Applicant filing Form I-131 alone, and your Form I-485 receipt notice (Form I-797C, Notice of Action) begins with:
| Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1. Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 for the dependent spouse or child of:
| USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1. Item 5.A. | Filing I-131 to request re-parole (an extension of your parole) under the Haitian Family Reunification Parole process. | USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1. Item 5.A. | Filing Form I-131 for an advance parole travel document to allow you to return to the United States after temporary foreign travel, you were authorized parole under the HFRP Process. | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.B. | Filing Form I-131 for a pending Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.C. | Filing Form I-131 for a pending initial Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, or you are filing Form I-131 together with Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status | Send your form to the address listed on the TPS page for your country. |
| Part 1, Item 5.C. | Filing Form I-131 to request an advance parole document based on a pending Form I-821 You must include a copy of the receipt notice (Form I-797C) showing we accepted your Form I-821. | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.D. | Deferred Enforced Departure
| Send your form to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.E. | Filing Form I-131 for an approved Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals A current DACA recipient requesting advance parole based on your grant of DACA (including if you are a current DACA recipient with a pending Form I-821D requesting DACA renewal) | Send your form to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.F. | Filing Form I-131 for an approved Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, or Form I-914, Supplement A, Application for Family Member of T-1 Recipient. | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center: U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.G. | Filing Form I-131 for an approved Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, or Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient | Send your form to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 5.H. | Filing Form I-131 being a current parolee under INA section 212(d)(5) | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.I. | Filing Form I-131 for an approved Form I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefits | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5. J. | Filing Form I-131 for a pending Form I-687, Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act | Currently there is no open filing period to submit this application. We may accept Form I-687 under certain circumstances, and we will provide those applicants with an address when appropriate. |
| Part 1, Item 5.K. | Filing Form I-131 for an approved V Nonimmigrant Status | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.L. | Filing Form I-131 for CNMI long-term resident status | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| Part 1, Item 5.M. | Filing Form I-131 for all others | Go to our USCIS Lockbox Filing Locations Chart for Certain Non-Family-Based Forms page for the filing address based on where you live. |
| I am applying for an initial parole document under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) for myself and I am outside the United States, or I am applying for someone else who is outside the United States, for the first time (initial application) under 1 of the following specific parole programs or processes: | ||
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| Part 1, Item 6.A. | Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) Program
| Send your form to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 6.B. | Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI)
| Send your form to: U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 6.C. | Intergovernmental Parole Referral | Requests should be submitted to USCIS Parole Operations via email from an appropriate U.S. government email address |
| Part 1, Item 6.D. | Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) Process You must include your Task Force Registration Number. See FRTF filing guide for details. | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Deliveries: USCIS For FedEx, UPS, or DHL: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 6.E. | Other Filing under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program only for an add-on derivative beneficiary of a principal beneficiary who is pending an interview in Cuba after filing their own Form I-131. Write “CFRP ADD-ON” as the program or process in the text field at Part 1, Item 6.E . You cannot file online if you are filing for a CFRP add-on derivative beneficiary. You must file a paper version of Form I-131. We are currently not receiving any other applications under “Other,” Part 1, Item 6.E. | For CFRP add-on derivative beneficiary applications only, send your form to the USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 7 | I am applying for a parole document under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) for myself and I am outside the United States, or I am applying for a parole document under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) for someone else who is outside the United States for the first time (initial application), but not under a specific parole program or process. | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| I am applying for an initial period of parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) and I am inside the United States, or I am applying for an initial period of parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) for someone else who is inside the United States, under: | ||
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| Part 1, Item 8.A. | Military Parole in Place, only on my own behalf, and I am:
| Send your form to: The USCIS Field Office with jurisdiction over your place of residence (military families on assignment in an area different from their permanent place of residence may submit their request to the office with jurisdiction over either location) |
| Part 1, Item 8.B. | Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) Process for Parole in Place You must include your Task Force Registration Number. See FRTF filing guide for details. | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 8.C. | Other | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: I-131 PIP To file a request for parole in place under the Keeping Families Together process, please use Form I-131F. |
| Part 1, Item 9. | I am applying for an initial period of parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A), and I am inside the United States, but not under a specific program or process, or I am applying for an initial period of parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) for someone else who is inside the United States, but not under a specific program or process. | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS To file a request for parole in place under the Keeping Families Together process, please use Form I-131F. |
| I was initially paroled into the United States or granted parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) under 1 of the following programs or processes, and I am requesting a new period of parole, or I am applying for a new period of parole on behalf of someone else who was initially paroled into the United States under 1 of the following programs or processes: | ||
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| Part 1, Item 10.A. | Family Reunification Parole Process Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization Note: If you submit your re-parole request too early, we may reject or deny your request. We are not yet accepting re-parole applications for the Form I-134A family reunification parole processes. | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS We are not yet accepting re-parole applications for the Form I-134A family reunification parole processes. |
| Part 1, Item 10.B. | Certain Afghans paroled into the United States after July 31, 2021 Enter “OAR” or “PAR” as Class of Admission Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization | Send your form to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.C. | Certain Ukrainians paroled into the United States after Feb. 24, 2022 Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. | Send your form to the USCIS Elgin Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.D. | Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) Program Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.E. | Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI)
Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.F. | Central American Minors (CAM) Program Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.G. | Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) Process Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. See FRTF filing guide for details | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 10.H. | Military Parole in Place
Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization | The USCIS Field Office with jurisdiction over your place of residence (military families on assignment in an area different from their permanent place of residence may submit their request to the office with jurisdiction over either location) |
| Part 1, Item 10.I. | Other Program or Process Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization | Send your form to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Part 1, Item 11. | I was initially paroled into the United States or granted parole in place under INA section 212(d)(5)(A) and I am requesting a new period of parole), but not under a specific program or process, or I am requesting a new period of parole for someone else who was initially paroled into the United States or granted parole in place, but not under a specific program or process. Note: Re-parole applicants can request an Employment Authorization Document by selecting Box 1. in Part 9 of Form I-131, and paying an additional fee, if required. See Form G-1055, Fee Schedule, to determine if an additional EAD fee is required. If you are a re-parole applicant requesting an EAD on Form I-131 as part of your re-parole request, do not file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. | Send your form to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
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