A new form was issued for obtaining a travel document when a green card is lost.

The period of absence of a resident in the country will be considered from the date of departure from the United States until the date when he paid the fee for the I-131A form.

Application submission

In order to file the I-131A Form, an applicant must pay the necessary fees via the Internet, and then personally bring the application to the US embassy or consulate. There, as a rule, a travel document is issued within 2 weeks. This document is a temporary equivalent of a visa. It allows the carrier to prove to the transport carrier that he has the right to arrive in the United States, but is not a guarantee of admission to the country.

The submission of the I-131A form does not issue a new green card to the applicant. To obtain it, the applicant must submit an I-90 form, an application for the replacement of a permanent resident card, and pay a registration fee. Visit page Forms I-90, for more details.

If the term of the green card is over

Although the rules require you to travel with a valid green card, US immigration policy allows transport carriers to take passengers if:

• the validity of their green cards was 10 years;
• their 2 Green Cards of the year are valid, but they carry the I-797 form with them, informing them that they have submitted the I-751 Form or the I-829 Form to change their permanent resident status. The notice extends the validity of the card, usually by 1 year.

Collection

The applicant must pay a fee of $ 131 for filing the I-360A form. Payment must be made online using a credit or debit card, or from a US bank account via Internet payment system. Applicants may not be exempted from paying a fee for this form.

Because the fees in USCIS change periodically, check the current fee at page.

Before paying the fee, make sure that the nearest US embassy or consulate can process the I-131A form. To do this, contact the representative of the embassy or consulate, or visit their website.