Fritz Wuehler

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...2559-4689r.htm

The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday announced a redesigned, more secure travel document for permanent residents, asylum seekers and refugees re-entering the country after traveling.
CIS Director Eduardo Aguirre said the bureau, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, had sought to incorporate increased security features into the document to eliminate its ability to be counterfeited.
"Were taking advantage of the latest state-of-the-art technology to produce new travel documents," Mr. Aguirre said.
"In the process, CIS is addressing two major priorities. First, were making America safer by adding security features that frustrate the illegal production of these documents. Second, were improving production techniques and processes, allowing us to get these documents into the hands of our customers more quickly."
The documents, which are produced at the CIS Nebraska Service Center, use the same patented personalization process as the current U.S. passport, Mr. Aguirre said. This includes a digitized integrated photo, which has proven difficult to duplicate.
He said the redesigned document also has many hidden features that require sophisticated forensic equipment to view.
The document is light green and resembles the size and shape of the U.S. passport, Mr. Aguirre said. It replaces the existing refugee travel document and the re-entry permit for permanent residents. Refugee travel documents and re-entry permits in circulation will remain valid until their expiration dates.
Annually, more than 200,000 people apply for travel documents. The use of new production equipment and techniques allows CIS to increase by tenfold the daily production rate for these documents, he said.
On March 1, CIS became one of three legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service agencies to join Homeland Security. It is charged with fundamentally transforming and improving the delivery of immigration and citizenship services, while enhancing the integrity of national security.

Sanbernardino

Is this also for travelling on Advanced Parole for AOS applicants?

Supernav

If you have a physical GC -- why would you need a travel permit? Or is
that for those who don't have foreign passports?



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Sylvia Ottemoeller

"SanBernardino" <member12808@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > Is this also for travelling on Advanced Parole for AOS applicants?

No. "Permanent residents, asylum seekers and refugees" do not include
applicants for adjustment to permanent resident status.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"supernav" <member16283@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > If you have a physical GC -- why would you need a travel permit? Or is
    > that for those who don't have foreign passports?

A permanent resident normally applies for a reentry permit because he or she
wants to remain outside the U.S. for more than one year without abandoning
PR status. Some permanent residents do obtain a reentry permit to serve as
a travel document, because they are stateless or cannot easily get a valid
passport.

Asylees and refugees apply for a refugee travel document in order to travel
outside the U.S. Normally they do not have passports from their home
countries, as they claim they are subject to persecution in their home
countries.

These documents look like passports, and many countries are willing to place
visas in them.